Matthew 12:7

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Cross References

Job 32:3

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

Psalm 109:31

For he shall stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.

Psalm 94:21

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

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, 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

But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Mark 12:33

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

Acts 13:27

For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

James 5:6

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.

Joshua 5:5

For 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 Egypt, they had not circumcised.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams.