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


In Context

2 But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

3 But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

4 How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

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

6 But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.

7 But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye 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 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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