Matthew 12:7

Legacy Standard Bible

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion, and not a sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Cross References

Job 32:3

And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.

Psalm 94:21

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

Hosea 6:6

For I delight in lovingkindness rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 12:33

and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Acts 13:27

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous man; he does not resist you.

Joshua 5:5

For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.