Matthew 12:7

Free Bible Version

If you'd known the meaning of this Scripture, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn't have condemned those who are innocent.

Cross References

Job 32:3

Elihu was also angry at Job's three friends because they made it seem that God was wrong, because they had not been able to answer Job.

Psalm 109:31

For he takes a stand to defend the needy, to save them from those who condemn them.

Psalm 94:21

They work together to destroy good people; they condemn those who are innocent to death.

Proverbs 17:15

The Lord hates it when the wicked are acquitted and the innocent condemned.

Hosea 6:6

I want your true love, not your sacrifices; I want you to know me, not your burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus replied, “Your mistake is you don't know Scripture or what God can do.

Matthew 9:13

Go and discover what this means: ‘I want mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I didn't come to call those who do what's right—I came to call sinners.”

Mark 12:33

We are to love him with all our heart, all our understanding, and all our strength, and we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. This is far more important than offerings and sacrifices.”

Acts 13:27

The people living in Jerusalem and their leaders didn't recognize Jesus or understand the words spoken by the prophets that are read every Sabbath. In fact they fulfilled the prophetic words by condemning him!

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the innocent who didn't even resist you.

Joshua 5:5

They had all been circumcised when they left Egypt, but those born on the journey since then had not.

1 Samuel 15:22

“Does the Lord prefer burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obedience to what he says?” Samuel asked. “Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice. Paying attention is more important than offering the fat of rams.