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Matthew 12:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? "

Matthew 12:4

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2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

3 But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:

4 how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

5 Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

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Matthew 12:1

"At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat."

Matthew 12:2

"But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”"

Matthew 12:3

"But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:"

Matthew 12:5

"Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?"

Matthew 12:6

"But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here."

Matthew 12:7

"But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless."

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