Matthew 12:6

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I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

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  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here! 42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon– and now, something greater than Solomon is here!
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 “I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Hag 2:7-9 : 7 I will also shake up all the nations, and they will offer their treasures; then I will fill this temple with glory.” So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said. 8 “The silver and gold will be mine,” decrees the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 9 “The future splendor of this temple will be greater than that of former times,” the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has declared.“And in this place I will give peace,” decrees the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Matt 23:17-21 : 17 Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 And,‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’ 19 You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.
  • John 2:19-21 : 19 Jesus replied,“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.” 20 Then the Jewish leaders said to him,“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?” 21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.
  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
  • Col 2:9 : 9 For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,
  • 1 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 A Living Stone, a Chosen People So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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    7If you had known what this means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

    8For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

  • Matt 12:5
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    5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

  • John 2:19-21
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    19Jesus replied,“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”

    20Then the Jewish leaders said to him,“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?”

    21But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.

  • Matt 26:61
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    61and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

  • Matt 23:16-17
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    16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

    17Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

  • Mark 11:16-17
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    16and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

    17Then he began to teach them and said,“Is it not written:‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

  • Luke 6:5
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    5Then he said to them,“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

  • Mark 14:58
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    58“We heard him say,‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”

  • Matt 12:41-42
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    41The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

    42The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon– and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

  • Matt 11:11
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    11“I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is!

  • Luke 21:5-6
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    5The Signs of the End of the Age Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

    6“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Luke 19:45-46
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    45Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,

    46saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

  • Matt 23:21
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    21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.

  • Matt 21:13
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    13And he said to them,“It is written,‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

  • Luke 7:26
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    26What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

  • Mark 13:1-2
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    1The Destruction of the Temple Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him,“Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!”

    2Jesus said to him,“Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

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    28I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”

  • Luke 10:12
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    12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

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    36“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

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    16I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

  • Matt 11:24
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    24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”

  • Luke 12:18
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    18Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

  • Mark 12:35
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    35The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said,“How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David’s son?

  • Matt 23:19
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    19You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

  • Luke 11:31-32
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    31The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon– and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

    32The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

  • Matt 5:20
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    20For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

  • Luke 16:15
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    15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

  • John 4:20
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    20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.”

  • Mark 11:27
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    27The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

  • Matt 11:9
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    9What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet!

  • Matt 6:29
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    29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

  • Mark 12:39
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    39and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

  • John 5:36
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    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

  • Luke 22:27
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    27For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

  • Matt 15:7
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    7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

  • John 2:16
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    16To those who sold the doves he said,“Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

  • Jer 7:11
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    11Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the LORD.

  • Matt 23:11
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    11The greatest among you will be your servant.

  • John 8:20
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    20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)