Matthew 12:7

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Job 32:3

With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

Psalm 109:31

because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

Psalm 94:21

They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

Proverbs 17:15

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent – both of them are an abomination to the Lord.

Hosea 6:6

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

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.

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.”

Mark 12:33

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.”

Acts 13:27

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

Joshua 5:5

Now all the men who left were circumcised, but all the sons born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.

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.