For I spake not unto your fathers, nor Commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
And Shmuel said, Hath YY as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of YY ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
For the children of Yisrael and the children of Yhudah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Yisrael have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith YY .