Matthew 12:5 Parallel Translations

Or haven't you read in Moses' Teachings that on the day of worship the priests in the temple do things they shouldn't on the day of worship yet remain innocent?(GOD'S WORD®)

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?

ASV:

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

BBE:

Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

And have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath without incurring guilt?

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

'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 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 12:4 how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

Matthew 12:6 "But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple {b} profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
(b) When the priests do God's service on the sabbath day, they do not break the law: much less does the Lord of the Sabbath break the sabbath.

PNT:

12:5 The priests... profane the sabbath. The Sabbath was the busiest day of the week for the priests in the temple service. In this they rightly broke the ordinary Sabbath law, because the temple service set aside the law. Compare Joh 7:22,23.

WES:

12:5 The priests in the temple profane the Sabbath - That is, do their ordinary work on this, as on a common day, cleansing all things, and preparing the sacrifices. A greater than the temple - If therefore the Sabbath must give way to the temple, much more must it give way to me.

MHC:

12:1-8 Being in the corn-fields, the disciples began to pluck the ears of corn: the law of God allowed it, De 23:25. This was slender provision for Christ and his disciples; but they were content with it. The Pharisees did not quarrel with them for taking another man's corn, but for doing it on the sabbath day. Christ came to free his followers, not only from the corruptions of the Pharisees, but from their unscriptural rules, and justified what they did. The greatest shall not have their lusts indulged, but the meanest shall have their wants considered. Those labours are lawful on the sabbath day which are necessary, and sabbath rest is to froward, not to hinder sabbath worship. Needful provision for health and food is to be made; but when servants are kept at home, and families become a scene of hurry and confusion on the Lord's day, to furnish a feast for visitors, or for indulgence, the case is very different. Such things as these, and many others common among professors, are to be blamed. The resting on the sabbath was ordained for man's good, De 5:14. No law must be understood so as to contradict its own end. And as Christ is the Lord of the sabbath, it is fit the day and the work of it should be dedicated to him.

CONC:

Blameless Break Broken Desecrate Guilt Guiltless Incurring Innocent Law Priests Profane Sabbath Sabbaths Temple Wrong Yet

Blameless Break Broken Desecrate Guilt Guiltless Incurring Innocent Law Priests Profane Read Sabbath Sabbaths Temple Wrong

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