Matthew 12:7

New King James Version

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Cross References

Job 32:3

Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Psalm 109:31

For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.

Psalm 94:21

They gather together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

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

Mark 12:33

And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Acts 13:27

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

Joshua 5:5

For all the people who came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.

1 Samuel 15:22

So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.