The priests in the temple profane the Sabbath — That is, do their ordinary work on this, as on a common day, cleansing all things, and preparing the sacrifices. A greater than the temple — If therefore the Sabbath must give way to the temple, much more must it give way to me.
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Matthew 12:5
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?