Matthew 12:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice,   , you would not have condemned the innocent.

Cross References

Hosea 6:6

For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God  rather than burnt offerings.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.   , For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.’

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just   – both are detestable to the  Lord.

Acts 13:27

Since the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognise him or the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, they have fulfilled their words by condemning him.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, ‘You are mistaken, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

James 5:6

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

Job 32:3

He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said: Does the Lord   take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the  Lord? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

Mark 12:33

And to love  him with all your heart, with all your understanding,  and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.’

Joshua 5:5

Though all the people who came out were circumcised, none of the people born in the wilderness along the way were circumcised after they had come out of Egypt.