| Matthew 12:6 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | I can guarantee that something greater than the temple is here. (GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. |
| ASV: | But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. |
| BBE: | But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here. |
| DBY: | But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple. |
| ERV: | But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. |
| WEY: | But I tell you that there is here that which is greater than the Temple. |
| WBS: | But I say to you, that in this place is one greater than the temple. |
| WEB: | But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. |
| YLT: | and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here; |
| Matthew 12:6 Cross References |
| XREF: | 2 Chronicles 6:18 "But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.
Isaiah 66:1 Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?
Isaiah 66:2 "For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.
Matthew 12:41 "The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 12:42 "The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 12:6 But I say unto you, etc. The thought is: If priests in the service of the temple can break the letter of the law and be blameless, how much more can the disciples of him who is the Lord of the temple do so in his service and by his authority? |
| 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. |
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