Matthew 12:7

The English Standar Version

And 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

He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

Psalm 94:21

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.[2]

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire steadfast love[1] and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, '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 one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Acts 13:27

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

James 5:6

You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.

Joshua 5:5

Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

1 Samuel 15:22

And 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 listen than the fat of rams.