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?


In Context

2 and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, 'Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

3 And he said to them, 'Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him —

4 how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

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?

6 and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

7 and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice — ye had not condemned the blameless,

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 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?