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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 12:5

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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12:5-6 Priests worked on the Sabbath (Lev 24:8-9; Num 28:9-10), and this was not offensive to Pharisees. If the priests’ work for the Temple on the Sabbath is allowed, then certainly Jesus can do the same because he is greater than the Temple (see Matt 4:23; 9:35; 11:2-6, 20-30).
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