Matthew 12:6-8

New King James Version

⁶Yet I say to you that in this place there is ^(A)One greater than the temple. ⁷But if you had known what this means, ^(B)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸For the Son of Man is Lord ^[a]even of the Sabbath.”

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Matthew 12:8 NU, M omit even

Matthew 12:6-8

New International Version

⁶I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.^(A) ⁷If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’^[a]^(B) you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸For the Son of Man^(C) is Lord of the Sabbath.”