Matthew 12:7

James Moffatt - New Testament

Besides, if you had known what this meant, I care for mercy not for sacrifice, you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.

Cross References

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn the meaning of this word, I care for mercy not for sacrifice. For I have not come to call just men but sinners."

Acts 13:27

The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, by condemning him in their ignorance, fulfilled the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath;

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

James 5:6

you have condemned, you have murdered the righteous — unresisting.

Mark 12:33

Also, to love him with the whole heart, with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength, and to love one's neighbour as oneself — that is far more than all holocausts and sacrifices."