Mark 12:33

New English Translation

And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Cross References

Psalm 50:23

Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Hosea 6:6

For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.

Matthew 12:7

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

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Deuteronomy 6:5

You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

Hebrews 10:8

When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them” (which are offered according to the law),

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said, “Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.