Matthew 12:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 12:5

3 But He said to them, “Have you not read ^awhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

4 how he entered the house of God and ate ^athe showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, ^bbut only for the priests?

5 Or have you not read in the ^alaw that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple¹ profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?

6 Yet I say to you that in this place there is ^aOne greater than the temple.

7 But if you had known what this means, ^a‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

8 For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Healing on the Sabbath

9 ^aNow when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.

10 And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, ^a“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—that they might accuse Him.

Verse Comparison: Matthew 12:5

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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?

New English Translation
Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

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