en_tn/mat/12/05.md

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  • Jesus continues to defend his disciples when the Pharisees criticize them for picking grain to eat on the Sabbath.
  • you...you - the Pharisees
  • **have you not read in the law ** - "You have read the law, so you know that it says" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
  • profane the Sabbath - "do on the Sabbath what they would do on any other day"
  • are guiltless - "God is not going to punish them"
  • one greater than the temple - "someone who is more important than the temple." Jesus was referring to himself as the one greater.