To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Matthew 9:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.* 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 mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
But he said to them, *Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
Or have you not read in the Torah, that on the day of Shabbat, the Kohanim in the temple profane the Shabbat, and are guiltless?
But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
He answered, *Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
Yeshua said to them, *Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'
From that time, Yeshua began to preach, and to say, *Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.*
But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moshe, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Avraham, the God of Yitzchak, and the God of Ya`akov'?
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.*
When Yeshua heard it, he said to them, *Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.*
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Yerushalayim.
Yeshua answered them, *Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
Yeshua answered them, *Isn't it written in your Torah, 'I said, you are gods?'
When they heard these things, they held their shalom, and glorified God, saying, *Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!*
Kefa said to them, *Repent, and be immersed, every one of you, in the name of Yeshua the Messiah for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Yeshua.
*Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Yisra'el, and remission of sins.
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.