Matthew 12:7
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But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
In other translations
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
Greek words
εἰeiIfG1487δὲdehoweverG1161ἐγνώκειτεegnōkeiteyou had knownG1097τίtiwhatG5101ἐστιν·estinis;G1510ἔλεοςeleosmercyG1656θέλωthelōI desireG2309καὶkaiandG2532οὐounot [desire]G3756θυσίαν,thusiansacrifice,’G2378οὐκouknotG3756ἂνanthen wouldG302κατεδικάσατεkatedikasateyou have condemnedG2613τοὺςtoustheG3588ἀναιτίους.anaitiousguiltless.G338
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Related verses
- Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- Matthew 9:13But 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.But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Micah 6:6-86 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?6 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? 7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Isaiah 1:11-1711 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.11 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. 12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you— this trampling of My courts? 13 Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. 14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
- Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- Acts 13:27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
- James 5:6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
- Psalm 109:31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- Psalm 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
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