To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to YHWH than sacrifice.
Matthew 9:13 - Y'all Version Bible But y’all 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 YHWH 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 y’all read what David did when he was hungry? He and his companions
Or haven’t y’all read in the Law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and are guiltless?
But if y’all had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ y’all wouldn’t have condemned the innocent.
He answered, “Haven’t y’all read that ʜᴇ who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
Jesus said to them, “Have y’all never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
From that time on Jesus began to preach and say, “Y’all must repent! For the Empire of Heaven has come near.”
But about the dead being raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
and to love ʜɪᴍ with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached in his name to all ethnic groups, beginning at Jerusalem.
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are sick.
Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in y’all’s law, ‘I said, y’all are gods?’
When they heard this, they ceased their objections and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted repentance to life even to the ethnic groups!”
Peter said to them, “Y’all must repent and be baptized, every one of y’all, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your* sins. And y’all will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
testifying to both Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
“Therefore, y’all must repent and turn back, so that your* sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the face of the Lord,
God exalted him to ʜɪꜱ right hand as Prince and a Savior, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness. Rather ʜᴇ is patient with us, not wishing anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.