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Matthew 12:5-7
New International Version
Matthew 12:5-7
New International Version
5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath(A) and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.(B) 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](C) you would not have condemned the innocent.
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- Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6
Matthew 12:5-7
New American Standard Bible
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
Matthew 12:5-7
King James Version
Matthew 12:5-7
King James Version
5 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?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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