Matthew 12:7

The Passion Translation

If only you could learn the meaning of the words ‘I want compassion more than a sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t be condemning my innocent disciples.

Cross References

Matthew 9:13

Then he added, “Now you should go and study the meaning of the verse: I want you to show mercy, not just offer me a sacrifice. For I have come to invite the outcasts of society and sinners, not those who think they are already on the right path.”

Proverbs 17:15

There is nothing God hates more than condemning the one who is innocent and acquitting the one who is guilty.

Acts 13:27

But the people of Jerusalem and their leaders didn’t realize who he was, nor did they understand the prophecies written of him. Yet they fulfilled those very prophecies, which they read week after week in their meetings, by condemning him to death.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, “You are deluded, because your hearts are not filled with the revelation of the Scriptures or the power of God.

Psalm 94:21

For they gang up against the lovers of righteousness and condemn the innocent to death.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered good and innocent people who had no power to defend themselves.

Psalm 109:31

For you stand right next to the broken ones as their saving hero to rescue them from all their accusers!

Mark 12:33

And there is something more important to God than all the sacrifices and burnt offerings: it’s the commandment to constantly love God with every passion of your heart, with your every thought, and with all your strength—and to love your neighbor in the same way as you love yourself.”