Matthew 12:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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?”

Matthew 12:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Matthew 12:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Matthew 12:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?”

Matthew 12:5 — World English Bible

Matthew 12:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?”

Matthew 12:5 — American Standard Version

Matthew 12:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?”

Matthew 12:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Matthew 12:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?”

Matthew 12:5 — Darby Translation

Matthew 12:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Or haue ye not read in the Lawe, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priestes in the Temple breake the Sabbath, and are blameles?”

Matthew 12:5 — Geneva Bible

Matthew 12:5 in Context — Matthew 12

3 Y él les dijo: ¿No habéis leído qué hizo David, teniendo él hambre y los que con él estaban:

4 Cómo entró en la casa de Dios, y comió los panes de la proposición, que no le era lícito comer, ni á los que estaban con él, sino á solos los sacerdotes?

5 O ¿no habéis leído en la ley, que los sábados en el templo los sacerdotes profanan el sábado, y son sin culpa?

6 Pues os digo que uno mayor que el templo está aquí.

7 Mas si supieseis qué es: Misericordia quiero y no sacrificio, no condenaríais á los inocentes:

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What Does Matthew 12:5 Mean?

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