Mark 12:33

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And that he should be loved with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength; and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices.

Cross References

Hosea 6:6

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

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices; and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams.

Matthew 12:7

And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 9:13

Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

Hebrews 10:8

In saying before, Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin thou wouldest not, neither are they pleasing to thee, which are offered according to the law.

Proverbs 21:3

To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

Deuteronomy 6:5

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.