Mark 12:33

Tree of Life Version

And ‘to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love the neighbor as oneself,’ is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Cross References

Psalm 50:23

A sacrifice of praise honors Me, and to the one who orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Adonai than sacrifice.

Hosea 6:6

For I delight in loyalty and not sacrifice, knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 12:7

If you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 9:13

Now go and learn what this means: ‘Mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.’ For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but the sinful.”

Deuteronomy 6:5

Love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Hebrews 10:8

After saying above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (those which are offered according to Torah),

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said: “Does Adonai delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Adonai? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay heed than the fat of rams.