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Source language
Original Greek   
ἢ οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι τοῖς σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὸ σάββατον βεβηλοῦσιν καὶ ἀναίτιοί εἰσιν;
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
e ouk anegnote en to nomo oti tois sabbasin oi iereis en to iero to sabbaton bebelousin kai anaitioi eisin;

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
aut non legistis in lege quia sabbatis sacerdotes in templo sabbatum violant et sine crimine sunt

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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?
Authorized (King James) Version   
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?
New King James Version   
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?
21st Century King James Version   
Or have ye not read in the law how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Or have you not read in The Written Law that the priests in The Temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless?
Darby Bible Translation   
Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
God's Word   
Or haven't you read in Moses' Teachings that on the day of worship the priests in the temple do things they shouldn't on the day of worship yet remain innocent?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Or haven't you read in the Law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?
International Standard Version   
Or haven't you read in the Law that on every Sabbath the priests in the Temple violate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
NET Bible   
Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?
New American Standard Bible   
"Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
New International Version   
Or haven't you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
New Living Translation   
And haven't you read in the law of Moses that the priests on duty in the Temple may work on the Sabbath?
Webster's Bible Translation   
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Weymouth New Testament   
And have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath without incurring guilt?
The World English Bible   
Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
EasyEnglish Bible   
Also, you certainly know what God's Law says about the priests. They work in the temple, even on the day of rest. They have not obeyed the Law about the day of rest. But God's Law tells us that they have not done anything that is wrong.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
New Life Version   
Have you not read in the Law how the religious leaders do that which is not right to do on the Day of Rest, and yet they are not guilty?
Revised Geneva Translation   
“Or have you not read in the Law how that, on the Sabbath days, the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath and are blameless?
The Voice Bible   
Indeed, have you not read that on the Sabbath priests themselves do work in the temple, breaking the Sabbath law yet remaining blameless?
Living Bible   
And haven’t you ever read in the law of Moses how the priests on duty in the Temple may work on the Sabbath?
New Catholic Bible   
Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, but they are considered to be without guilt?
Legacy Standard Bible   
Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
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?
Christian Standard Bible   
Or haven’t you read in the law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Or have you never read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath [breaking it] and yet are guiltless?
New Century Version   
And have you not read in the law of Moses that on every Sabbath day the priests in the Temple break this law about the Sabbath day? But the priests are not wrong for doing that.
The Message   
Jesus said, “Really? Didn’t you ever read what David and his companions did when they were hungry, how they entered the sanctuary and ate fresh bread off the altar, bread that no one but priests were allowed to eat? And didn’t you ever read in God’s Law that priests carrying out their Temple duties break Sabbath rules all the time and it’s not held against them?
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath days, the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and yet are guiltless?
New Matthew Bible   
Or have you not read in the law how the priests in the temple break the Sabbath day, and yet are blameless?
Good News Translation®   
Or have you not read in the Law of Moses that every Sabbath the priests in the Temple actually break the Sabbath law, yet they are not guilty?
Wycliffe Bible   
Or whether ye have not read in the law, that in the sabbaths priests in the temple defoul the sabbaths, and they be without blame?
New Testament for Everyone   
Or didn’t you read in the law that the priests in the Temple do things on the sabbath which are against sabbath law—and they aren’t guilty?
Contemporary English Version   
Haven't you read in the Law of Moses that the priests are allowed to work in the temple on the Sabbath? But no one says they are guilty of breaking the law of the Sabbath.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“Haven’t any of you read in the Law that every Sabbath day priests in the Temple can break the Sabbath and yet remain blameless? I tell you that there is something more important than the Temple here. If you had grasped the meaning of the scripture ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice’, you would not have been so quick to condemn the innocent! For the Son of Man is master even of the Sabbath.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are guiltless?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and yet are guiltless?
Common English Bible © 2011   
Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple treat the Sabbath as any other day and are still innocent?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break [the sanctity of] the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath and are innocent?
New American Standard Bible   
Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent?
The Expanded Bible   
And have you not read in the ·law of Moses [L Law] that on every Sabbath day the priests in the Temple ·break this law about [violate; desecrate; profane] the Sabbath day [C by working when they offer sacrifices]? But the priests are ·not wrong for doing that [L innocent; not guilty].
Tree of Life Version   
Or haven’t you read in the Torah that on Shabbat the kohanim in the Temple break Shabbat and yet are innocent?
Revised Standard Version   
Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
New International Reader's Version   
Haven’t you read the Law? It tells how every Sabbath day the priests in the temple have to do their work on that day. But they are not considered guilty.
BRG Bible   
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?
Complete Jewish Bible   
“Or haven’t you read in the Torah that on Shabbat the cohanim profane Shabbat and yet are blameless?
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
`Have you never read in the books of the law that the priests in the temple break the Sabbath law on the Sabbath day? They are not punished for it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and yet are guiltless?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Or have you not read in the Torah that on Shabbos the kohanim in the Beis Hamikdash commit Chillul HaYom HaShabbos (desecration of the Sabbath Day) and yet are blameless? [BAMIDBAR 28:9-10]
Names of God Bible   
Or haven’t you read in Moses’ Teachings that on the day of worship the priests in the temple do things they shouldn’t on the day of worship yet remain innocent?
Modern English Version   
Or have you not read in the law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, but are blameless?
Easy-to-Read Version   
And you have read in the Law of Moses that on every Sabbath day the priests at the Temple break the law about the Sabbath day. But they are not wrong for doing that.
International Children’s Bible   
And have you not read in the law of Moses that on every Sabbath day the priests in the Temple break this law about the Sabbath day? But the priests are not wrong for doing that.
Lexham English Bible   
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath and are guiltless?
New International Version - UK   
Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Or did you not read in the Law that on the Sabbaths, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?