Mark 12:33

New American Bible - revised edition

And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Cross References

Psalm 50:23

Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; I will let him whose way is steadfast look upon the salvation of God.”

Proverbs 21:3

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Hosea 6:6

For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Matthew 12:7

If you knew what this meant, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned these innocent men.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” The Question About Fasting.

Deuteronomy 6:5

Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength.

Hebrews 10:8

First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in.” These are offered according to the law.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel said: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to the Lord’s command? Obedience is better than sacrifice, to listen, better than the fat of rams.