how he entered the house of God, and (A)they ate the [a]consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone? Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [b]break the Sabbath and are innocent? But I say to you that something (B)greater than the temple is here.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:4 Or showbread; lit loaves of presentation
  2. Matthew 12:5 Or profane