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.
Matthew 12:7 - English Standard Version 2016 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy [readiness to help, to spare, to forgive] rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless. [Hos. 6:6; Matt. 9:13.] American Standard Version (1901) But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. Common English Bible If you had known what this means, I want mercy and not sacrifice, you wouldn’t have condemned the innocent. Catholic Public Domain Version And if you knew what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would never have condemned the innocent. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent. |
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.
For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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.”
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.
You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.
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.
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.