Matthew 12:5-7
English Standard Version
5 Or have you not read (A)in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I tell you, (B)something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known (C)what this means, (D)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Matthew 12:5-7
New American Standard Bible
5 Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [a]violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent? 6 But I say to you that something (A)greater than the temple is here. 7 But if you had known what this [b]means: ‘(B)I desire [c]compassion, [d]rather than sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned [e]the innocent.
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- Matthew 12:5 Or profane
- Matthew 12:7 Lit is
- Matthew 12:7 Or mercy
- Matthew 12:7 Lit and not
- Matthew 12:7 Plural in the Gr
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