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Haven’t you read how he went into the house of God and ate [a] the bread of the presence? He and his men had no right to eat those loaves. Only the priests have that right. Or haven’t you read in Moses’ Teachings that on the day of rest—a holy day, the priests in the temple do things they shouldn’t on the day of rest yet remain innocent? I can guarantee that something [b] greater than the temple is here.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:4 Some manuscripts and translations read “they ate.”
  2. 12:6 Some manuscripts and translations read “someone.”

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.(A) Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath(B) and yet are innocent? I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.(C)

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