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?


In Context

2 And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.

3 But he said to them: Have you 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 did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?

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

6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.

7 And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.

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 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?

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?