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Matthew 12:6-8
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Matthew 12:6-8
J.B. Phillips New Testament
5-8 “Haven’t any of you read in the Law that every Sabbath day priests in the Temple can break the Sabbath and yet remain blameless? I tell you that there is something more important than the Temple here. If you had grasped the meaning of the scripture ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice’, you would not have been so quick to condemn the innocent! For the Son of Man is master even of the Sabbath.”
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Matthew 12:6-8
International Children’s Bible
Matthew 12:6-8
International Children’s Bible
6 I tell you that there is something here that is greater than the Temple. 7 The Scripture says, ‘I want faithful love more than I want animal sacrifices.’[a] You don’t really know what those words mean. If you understood them, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.
8 “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.”
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Matthew 12:6-8
New International Version
Matthew 12:6-8
New International Version
6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.(A) 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](B) you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man(C) is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6
Matthew 12:6-8
King James Version
Matthew 12:6-8
King James Version
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.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
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Matthew 12:6-8
New King James Version
Matthew 12:6-8
New King James Version
6 Yet I say to you that in this place there is (A)One greater than the temple. 7 But if you had known what this means, (B)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord [a]even of the Sabbath.”
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- Matthew 12:8 NU, M omit even
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