Matthew 12:7

American Standard Version 2015

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

Cross References

Hosea 6:6

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn what {\i this} meaneth, {\b I desire mercy, and not sacrifice}: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.}\par

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous,\par\tab Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

Acts 13:27

For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled {\i them} by condemning {\i him}.

Matthew 22:29

But Jesus answered and said unto them, {\cf6 Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,\par\tab And condemn the innocent blood.

James 5:6

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous {\i one}; he doth not resist you.\par

Psalm 109:31

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,\par\tab To save him from them that judge his soul.

Job 32:3

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Mark 12:33

{\b and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself,} is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

Joshua 5:5

For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised.