Verse Comparison: Matthew 12:5
American Standard Version
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
Amplified® Bible
Or have you never read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath [breaking it] and yet are guiltless?
Contemporary English Version
Haven't you read in the Law of Moses that the priests are allowed to work in the temple on the Sabbath? But no one says that they are guilty of breaking the law of the Sabbath.
Darby English Version
Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Good News Bible
Or have you not read in the Law of Moses that every Sabbath the priests in the Temple actually break the Sabbath law, yet they are not guilty?
International Standard Version
Or haven't you read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
King James Version
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
New American Standard Bible
"Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
New International Version
Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent?
New King James Version
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath we consider innocent?
Revised Standard Version
Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
Young's Literal Translation
`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?