Matthew 12:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ “And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering,’ you would not have condemned the blameless.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy [readiness to help, to spare, to forgive] rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless. [Hos. 6:6; Matt. 9:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And if you knew what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would never have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 12:7 Cross References

Job 32:3

And against his three friends his wrath burned, because they had found no answer, and pronounced Elohim wrong.

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the poor, To save from those judging his being.

Psalm 94:21

They band together against the life of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wrong.

Proverbs 17:15

He who declares the wrong right, And he who condemns the righteous, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה.

Hosea 6:6

“For I delight in kindness and not slaughtering, and in the knowledge of Elohim more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

And יהושע  answering, said to them, “You go astray, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of Elohim.

Matthew 9:13

“But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering.’ For I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”

Mark 12:33

“And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the being, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself, is more than all the burnt offerings and offerings.”

Acts 13:27

for those dwelling in Yerushalayim, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have filled them in having judged Him.

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous – he does not resist you.

Joshua 5:5

For all the people who came out had been circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness on the way as they came out of Mitsrayim had not been circumcised.

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Shemu’ĕ