Matthew 12:7

New International Version

If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Cross References

Job 32:3

He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

Psalm 94:21

The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

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

Mark 12:33

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

Acts 13:27

The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

Joshua 5:5

All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.