“Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?”
Matthew 12:5 (WEB)
Context Reading
3But he said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. 7But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.