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The Lord of the Sabbath

Matthew 12:5

In 9 translations

BSB
Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
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?
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?
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?
LSV
Or did you not read in the Law that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless?
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?
DBY
Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
DRC
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?
GNV
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?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἢ οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι τοῖς σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὸ σάββατον βεβηλοῦσιν καὶ ἀναίτιοί εἰσιν;
RP2018
Ἢ οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, ὅτι τοῖς σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὸ σάββατον βεβηλοῦσιν, καὶ ἀναίτιοί εἰσιν;
TR-Boyd
Ἢ οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, ὅτι τοῖς σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὸ σάββατον βεβηλοῦσι, καὶ ἀναίτιοί εἰσι;
SCR1894
η ουκ ανεγνωτε εν τω νομω οτι τοις σαββασιν οι ιερεις εν τω ιερω το σαββατον βεβηλουσιν και αναιτιοι εισιν

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◆ Corn on the Sabbath

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 28:9–10On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering. This is the burnt offering for every…
  • John 7:22–23But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.) If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken,…
  • Nehemiah 13:17Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
  • Ezekiel 24:21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left…

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