Catholic Public Domain Version
"Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and they are without guilt? "
— Matthew 12:5, Catholic Public Domain 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?”
“Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? ”
“Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?”
“Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?”
“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?”
“Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?”
“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?”
Then the Pharisees, seeing this, said to him, “Behold, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbaths.”
But he said to them: “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and they are without guilt?
But I say to you, that something greater than the temple is here.
And if you knew what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would never have condemned the innocent.
For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”