This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.
Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me; to those who go the right way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.
Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.