Matthew 12:7

Good News Translation

The scripture says, ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ If you really knew what this means, you would not condemn people who are not guilty;

Cross References

Job 32:3

He was also angry with Job's three friends. They could not find any way to answer Job, and this made it appear that God was in the wrong.

Psalm 109:31

because he defends the poor and saves them from those who condemn them to death.

Psalm 94:21

who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.

Proverbs 17:15

Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go—both are hateful to the Lord.

Hosea 6:6

I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, “How wrong you are! It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.

Matthew 9:13

Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.”

Mark 12:33

And you must love God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength; and you must love your neighbor as you love yourself. It is more important to obey these two commandments than to offer on the altar animals and other sacrifices to God.”

Acts 13:27

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their leaders did not know that he is the Savior, nor did they understand the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Yet they made the prophets' words come true by condemning Jesus.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Which does the Lord prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him.