Matthew 12
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Matthew 12:1-9

11At that 2timeG2540 JesusG2424 wentG4198 throughG1223 the grainfieldsG4702 on the SabbathG4521, and His disciplesG3101 became hungryG3983 and beganG757 to 3pickG5089 the headsG4719 of grain and eatG2068. 2But when the PhariseesG5330 sawG3708 this, they saidG3004 to Him, “LookG2400, Your disciplesG3101 doG4160 whatG3739 4is not lawfulG1832 to doG4160 on a SabbathG4521.” 3But He saidG3004 to them, “Have you not readG314 whatG5101 DavidG1160 didG4160 whenG3753 he became hungryG3983, he and his companionsG3588G3326, 4howG4459 he enteredG1525 the houseG3624 of GodG2316, and 5they ateG2068 the 6consecratedG4286 breadG740, whichG3739 was not lawfulG1832 for him to eatG2068 norG3761 for thoseG3588 with him, but for the priestsG2409 aloneG3441? 5OrG2228 have you not readG314 in the LawG3551, that on the SabbathG4521 the priestsG2409 in the templeG2413 7breakG953 the SabbathG4521 and are innocentG338? 6But I sayG3004 to you that something 8greaterG3173 than the templeG2413 is hereG5602. 7But ifG1487 you had knownG1097 whatG5101 this 9meansG1510, ‘10I desireG2309 11compassionG1656, and not a sacrificeG2378,’ you would not have condemnedG2613 the innocentG338. 8For 12the SonG5207 of ManG444 is LordG2962 of the SabbathG4521.”

913DepartingG3327 from thereG1564, He wentG2064 into their synagogueG4864.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 12:1 Matt 12:1-8: Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 12:1 Or occasion ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 12:1 Deut 23:25 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 12:2 Matt 12:10; Luke 13:14; 14:3; John 5:10; 7:23; 9:16 ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 12:4 1 Sam 21:6 ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 12:4 Or showbread; lit loaves of presentation ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 12:5 Or profane ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 12:6 2 Chr 6:18; Is 66:1, 2; Matt 12:41, 42 ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 12:7 Lit is ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 12:7 Hos 6:6; Matt 9:13 ↩
  11. 11. Matthew 12:7 Or mercy ↩
  12. 12. Matthew 12:8 Matt 8:20; 12:32, 40 ↩
  13. 13. Matthew 12:9 Matt 12:9-14: Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11 ↩

Commentaries on Matthew 12

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