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


In Context

2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."

3 He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread--which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.

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

6 I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

7 If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not 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 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?

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?