Matthew 12:7

Modern English Version

If you had known what this meant, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Cross References

Job 32:3

His wrath was aroused also 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 poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.

Psalm 94:21

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the just, both are abominations to the Lord.

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered, “You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Mark 12:33

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 one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Acts 13:27

Because those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, did not know Him, in condemning Him they have fulfilled the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath.

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the righteous man who does not resist you.

Joshua 5:5

All of the people who had come out were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness along the way after leaving Egypt were not circumcised.

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, a listening ear than the fat of rams.