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Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 12:6
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I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
But I saye vnto you, that in this place is one greater then the Temple.
But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
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I tell you that there is something here that is greater than the Temple.
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I tell you that there is something here greater than the temple.
I tell you, there is in this place something greater than the Temple!
But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.
I tell you that there is something here that is greater than the Temple.
But I say to you, that there is one here, who is greater than the temple.
I tell you that there is something here greater than the Temple.
But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here!
But I say to you, One greater than the temple is here.
But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.
But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.
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But I say to you, that (one) greater than the temple is here.
But I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here.
But I say vnto you, that in this place is one greater then the temple.
But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.
But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
But I say to you, That one greater than the temple is here. And if ye had known what that meaneth,
But I tell you that there is here that which is greater than the Temple.
And Y seie to you, that here is a gretter than the temple.
But I say to you, that one greater than the temple is here.
But I say to you, that in this place is [one] greater than the temple.
I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple.
I tell you, there is one here who is even greater than the Temple!
I tell you that Someone greater than the house of God is here.
I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
But I say unto you, - Something greater than the Temple, is here!
But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.
I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
But I saye vnto you: that here is one greater then ye teple.
But I saye vnto you: yt here is one greater then the temple.
now I tell you, that the work now in hand, is of greater consequence than that of the temple.
"There is far more at stake here than religion. If you had any idea what this Scripture meant—‘I prefer a flexible heart to an inflexible ritual'—you wouldn't be nitpicking like this. The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath; he's in charge."
I'm tellin' you that someone better than a church building is standin' right here.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 12:41, Matthew 12:42, Matthew 23:17-21, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Haggai 2:7-9, Malachi 3:1, John 2:19-21, Ephesians 2:20-22, Colossians 2:9, 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:5
Reciprocal: John 8:53 - thou greater
Cross-References
And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife?
Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'
and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,
and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that [are] in their hand, and the rings that [are] in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which [is] by Shechem;
are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going in of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite, who is dwelling in the plain over-against Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?
And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But I say unto you,.... Who Christ knew would be ready to object, as above, and therefore prevents them, by saying,
that in this place is one greater than the temple; meaning himself, who was the Lord and Proprietor of the temple, and in his human nature the antitype of it; see John 2:19 and was infinitely more sacred than that. Some copies read μειζον, "something greater"; referring either to the human nature of Christ, in which the Godhead dwells bodily, and so infinitely greater than the temple; or to the health of his disciples, which was in danger, through hunger: or to the ministry of the apostles, which, by satisfying nature, they were more capable of performing; either of which was of more moment than the sacrifices and service of the temple. Christ's argument is, that if the temple, and the service of it, excused the priests from blame, in doing things in it on the sabbath day, which otherwise might not be done; then much more might his presence, who was greater than the temple, excuse his disciples from blame in this action of rubbing and eating the ears of corn; which was done to satisfy hunger, and to render them the more capable of performing their ministerial function; and which was of more importance than the service of the priests.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
One greater than the temple - Here the Saviour refers to himself, and to his own dignity and power. “I have power over the laws; I can grant to my disciples a dispensation from those laws. An act which I command or permit them to do is therefore right.” This proves that he was divine. None but God can authorize people to do a thing contrary to the divine laws. He refers them again Matthew 12:7 to a passage he had before quoted (See the notes at Matthew 9:13), showing that God preferred acts of righteousness, rather than a precise observance of a ceremonial law.
Mark adds Mark 2:27 “the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” That is, the Sabbath was intended for the welfare of man; it was designed to promote his happiness, and not to produce misery by harsh, unfeeling requirements. It is not to be so interpreted as to produce suffering by making the necessary supply of wants unlawful. Man was not made for the Sabbath. Man was created first, and then the Sabbath was appointed for his happiness, Genesis 2:1-3. His necessities, his real comforts and needs, are not to be made to bend to that which was made “for him.” The laws are to be interpreted favorably to his real wants and comforts. This authorizes works only of real necessity, not of imaginary wants, or amusements, or common business and worldly employments.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 12:6. In this place is one greater than the temple. — Does not our Lord refer here to Malachi 3:1? Compare this with Hebrews 3:3. The Jews esteemed nothing greater than the temple, except that God who was worshipped in it. Christ, by asserting he was greater than the temple, asserts that he was God; and this he does, in still more direct terms, Matthew 12:8, The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath-is Institutor and Governor of it. Compare this with Genesis 2:3, and see the notes there.
