Matthew 12:7

New Messianic Version Bible

“If you had known what this means: ‘I desire kindness and not sacrifice’ you would not have convicted the innocent”

Cross References

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 9:13

“Go and learn that which is written: ‘I desire kindness and not sacrifice’; I have not come to call to restore the righteous but the ungodly”

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both [are] abomination to the Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].

Acts 13:27

For they that dwell at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Shabbat [rest] day, they have fulfilled [them] in condemning [him].

Matthew 22:29

Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered and said to them: “You err and do not understand the Writings or the power of The Mighty One”.

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

James 5:6

You2f have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he does not resist you.

Psalm 109:31

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.

Job 32:3

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and [yet] had condemned Iyov [hated].

1 Samuel 15:22

And Sh’mu’el [His name is El] said, Has the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate)? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.

Mark 12:33

And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Joshua 5:5

Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people [that were] born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], [them] they had not circumcised.