World English Bible
Matthew 12:6
“But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.”
Verse in context — Matthew 12
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how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
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Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
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But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
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But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
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