Matthew 12:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.”
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“But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Matthew 12:6 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Malachi 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
- Matthew 23:17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
- John 2:19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- Ephesians 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
- 1 Peter 2:4As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
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