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how he entered into the house of God, and [a]ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests? Or have ye not read in the law, [b]that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? But I say unto you, that [c]one greater than the temple is here.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:4 Some ancient authorities read they ate.
  2. Matthew 12:5 Num. 28:9, 10.
  3. Matthew 12:6 Greek a greater thing.

He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.(A) Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath(B) and yet are innocent? I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.(C)

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