Matthew 12:7

New Century Version

The Scripture says, ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ You don’t really know what those words mean. If you understood them, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.

Cross References

Job 32:3

Elihu was also angry with Job’s three friends who had no answer to show that Job was wrong, yet continued to blame him.

Psalm 109:31

He defends the helpless and saves them from those who accuse them.

Psalm 94:21

They join forces against people who do right and sentence to death the innocent.

Proverbs 17:15

The Lord hates both of these things: freeing the guilty and punishing the innocent.

Hosea 6:6

I want faithful love more than I want animal sacrifices. I want people to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered, “You don’t understand, because you don’t know what the Scriptures say, and you don’t know about the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means: ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.”

Mark 12:33

One must love God with all his heart, all his mind, and all his strength. And one must love his neighbor as he loves himself. These commands are more important than all the animals and sacrifices we offer to God.”

Acts 13:27

Those who live in Jerusalem and their leaders did not realize that Jesus was the Savior. They did not understand the words that the prophets wrote, which are read every Sabbath day. But they made them come true when they said Jesus was guilty.

James 5:6

You have judged guilty and then murdered innocent people, who were not against you.

Joshua 5:5

The men who had come out of Egypt had been circumcised, but none of those who were born in the desert on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel answered, “What pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices or obedience to his voice? It is better to obey than to sacrifice. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat of sheep.