To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Matthew 9:13 - English Standard Version 2016 Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice and sacrificial victims. For I came not to call and invite [to repentance] the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), but sinners (the erring ones and all those not free from sin). [Hos. 6:6.] American Standard Version (1901) But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. Common English Bible Go and learn what this means: I want mercy and not sacrifice. I didn’t come to call righteous people, but sinners.” Catholic Public Domain Version So then, go out and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the just, but sinners." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners. |
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
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.”
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.