5Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?


In Context

2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath day.

3 But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him;

4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

5 Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

6 But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

7 But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matthew 12:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:5Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5'Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?