Matthew 12:5
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?
In other versions
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
ASV
Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?
BBE
Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
DBY
Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
WEB
`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
YLT
Or have all of you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
ENG
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
WBT
Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
BSB
In context
3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.