holocaustes and sacrifice for sin thou hast not allowed.
And lo there came a voice from heaven saying: this is that my dear son, in whom is my delight.
and walk in love even as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet savour to God.
I received all, and have plenty. I was even filled after that I had received of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odor that smelleth sweet, a sacrifice accepted and pleasant to God.
For it is unpossible that the blood of oxen, and of goats should take away sins.