Matthew 12:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

Cross References

Job 32:3

And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

Psalm 109:31

For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Psalm 94:21

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Proverbs 17:15

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

Hosea 6:6

Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.

Matthew 22:29

But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

Mark 12:33

And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

Acts 13:27

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

James 5:6

You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

Joshua 5:5

All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.