KJV King James Version
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
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Matthew 12:4
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
WEB World English Bible
how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
ASV American Standard Version
how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?
Surrounding context — Matthew 12
1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 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?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is [one] greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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πῶςG4459 · pōshow?!εἰσῆλθενG1525 · eiserchomaito enterεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἶκονG3624 · oikoshouse: homeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodκαὶG2532 · kaiandτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄρτουςG740 · artosbreadτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροθέσεωςG4286 · prothesispurposeἔφαγον,G5315 · phageinto eatὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichοὐκG3756 · ounoἐξὸνG1832 · exesti, exonbe permittedἦνG1510 · eimito beαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heφαγεῖνG5315 · phageinto eatοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heεἰG1487 · eiifμὴG3361 · mēnotτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἱερεῦσινG2409 · hiereuspriestμόνοις;¶G3441 · monosalone
Cross-references
Leviticus 24:5-9And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.Exodus 25:30And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.Leviticus 8:31And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that [is] in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.Exodus 29:32-33And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that [is] in the basket, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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