6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
6 "There is far more at stake here than religion.
6 Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple.
6 I tell you, there is one here who is even greater than the Temple!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 12:6
Commentary on Matthew 12:1-8
(Read Matthew 12:1-8)
Being in the corn-fields, the disciples began to pluck the ears of corn: the law of God allowed it, Deuteronomy 5:14. No law must be understood so as to contradict its own end. And as Christ is the Lord of the sabbath, it is fit the day and the work of it should be dedicated to him.