Parallel Bible results for "matthew 12:1-8"

Matthew 12:1-8

1 At that time Jesus went through the wheat fields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry so they were picking heads of wheat and eating them.

1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.

2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are breaking the Sabbath law."

2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

3 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

3 He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

4 He went into God's house and broke the law by eating the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat.

4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.

5 Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple treat the Sabbath as any other day and are still innocent?

5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

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

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

7 If you had known what this means, I want mercy and not sacrifice, you wouldn't have condemned the innocent.

7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’you would not have condemned the innocent.

8 The Human One is Lord of the Sabbath."

8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”