Isaiah 1:11

Catholic Public Domain Version

The multitude of your sacrifices, what is that to me, says the Lord? I am full. I do not desire holocausts of rams, nor the fat of fatlings, nor the blood of calves and of lambs and of he-goats.

Cross References

Psalm 40:6

My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

Psalm 50:8

For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifices of the impious are abominable to the Lord. The vows of the just are appeasing.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifices of the impious are abominable, because they are offered out of wickedness.

Proverbs 21:3

To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.

Isaiah 58:2

For they also seek me, from day to day, and they are willing to know my ways, like a nation which has done justice and has not abandoned the judgment of their God. They petition me for judgments of justice. They are willing to draw near to God.

Isaiah 66:3

Whoever immolates an ox, it is as if he slaughters a man. Whoever sacrifices a sheep, it is as if he is smashing the head of a dog. Whoever offers an oblation, it is as if he is offering swine's blood. Whoever makes remembrance with incense, it is as if he is blessing an idol. All these things, they have chosen according to their own ways, and their soul has taken delight in their own abominations.

Jeremiah 6:20

For what reason are you bringing me frankincense from Sheba, and sweet smelling reeds from a far away land? Your holocausts are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me."

Jeremiah 7:21

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your holocausts to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than holocausts.

Hosea 8:13

They will offer victims, they will immolate flesh and will eat, and the Lord will not accept them. For now he will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sins: they will be turned back to Egypt.

Amos 4:5

And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven. And call for voluntary oblations, and announce it. For such is your will, sons of Israel, says the Lord God.

Amos 5:21

I hate and have rejected your feasts; and I will not accept the odor from your gatherings.

Amos 5:22

For if you offer me holocausts and your gifts, I will not receive them; and I will not look upon the vows of your fatness.

Micah 6:7

Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with many thousands of fat he-goats? How could I give up my firstborn because of my evil deed, the fruit of my womb because of the sin of my soul?

Haggai 2:14

And Haggai said, "If the polluted in soul will have touched any of all these things, shall it be contaminated?" And the priests responded and said, "It shall be contaminated."

Zechariah 7:5

Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years, did you indeed keep a fast unto me?

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you that would close the doors and enflame my altar without pay? I have no favor in you, says the Lord of hosts. And I will not accept a gift from your hand.

Numbers 7:45

an ox from the herd, and a ram, and one-year-old lamb as a holocaust,

Matthew 22:4

Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.'

Matthew 9:13

So then, go out and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the just, but sinners."

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said: "Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.