Matthew 12:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 12:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἀνέγνωτε
anaginṓskō
G314
to recognize
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
νόμῳ
nómos
G3551
law
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
σάββασιν
sábbaton
G4521
Sabbath
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
ἱερεῖς
hiereús
G2409
priest
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
ἱερῷ
hierón
G2411
temple
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
σάββατον
sábbaton
G4521
Sabbath
βεβηλοῦσιν
bebēlóō
G953
to profane
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀναίτιοί
anaítios
G338
innocent
εἰσιν
eimí
G1510
to be
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, but are innocent?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).