“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?”
Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? The second scriptural argument: the priests who perform the temple service on the Sabbath (slaughtering and burning offerings, Numbers 28:9–10) technically violate the Sabbath's prohibition on work but are not guilty of Sabbath violation. The temple service takes priority over the Sabbath because it serves a greater purpose. Jesus will apply this logic to himself in verse 6.
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