Matthew 12:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the innocents.

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  • Matt 9:13 : 13 But goe yee and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.
  • Mic 6:6-8 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, Ye are deceiued, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 For the inhabitants of Hierusalem, and their rulers, because they knewe him not, nor yet the woordes of the Prophets, which are read euery Sabbath day, they haue fulfilled them in condemning him.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iust, and he hath not resisted you.
  • Job 32:3 : 3 Also his anger was kindled against his three friends, because they could not finde an answere, and yet condemned Iob.
  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.
  • Isa 1:11-17 : 11 What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lorde? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, & of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates. 12 When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts? 13 Bring no mo oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies. 14 My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them. 15 And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill. 17 Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 9:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12 Nowe when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole neede not a Physition, but they that are sicke.

    13 But goe yee and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.

  • Matt 12:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 Or haue ye not read in the Lawe, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priestes in the Temple breake the Sabbath, and are blameles?

    6 But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.

  • Hos 6:6
    75%

    6 For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.

  • Matt 12:8
    73%

    8 For the sonne of man is Lord, euen of the Sabbath.

  • Luke 19:42
    72%

    42 Saying, O if thou haddest euen knowen at the least in this thy day those things, which belong vnto thy peace! but nowe are they hid from thine eyes.

  • Matt 12:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10 And beholde, there was a man which had his hand dried vp; they asked him, saying, Is it lawfull to heale vpon a Sabbath day? That they might accuse him.

    11 And he said vnto the, What man shall there be among you, that hath a sheepe, & if it fal on a Sabbath day into a pit, doth not take it & lift it out?

    12 How much more then is a man better then a sheepe? Therefore, it is lawfull to doe well on a Sabbath day.

  • Matt 15:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5 But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite,

    6 Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commaundement of God of no aucthoritie by your tradition.

    7 O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,

  • Luke 6:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36 Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.

    37 Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

  • Matt 7:1
    71%

    1 Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged.

  • Matt 18:33
    70%

    33 Oughtest not thou also to haue had pitie on thy fellowe seruant, euen as I had pitie on thee?

  • Mark 7:11-13
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    70%

    11 But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free.

    12 So ye suffer him no more to doe any thing for his father, or his mother,

    13 Making the worde of God of none authoritie, by your tradition which ye haue ordeined: and ye doe many such like things.

  • Jas 5:6
    70%

    6 Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iust, and he hath not resisted you.

  • Acts 13:27
    70%

    27 For the inhabitants of Hierusalem, and their rulers, because they knewe him not, nor yet the woordes of the Prophets, which are read euery Sabbath day, they haue fulfilled them in condemning him.

  • Luke 12:56-57
    2 verses
    70%

    56 Hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the earth, and of the skie: but why discerne ye not this time?

    57 Yea, and why iudge ye not of your selues what is right?

  • Matt 27:4
    70%

    4 Saying, I haue sinned, betraying the innocent bloud. But they sayde, What is that to vs? see thou to it.

  • Matt 12:2-3
    2 verses
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    2 And when the Pharises sawe it, they saide vnto him, Beholde, thy disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath.

    3 But he said vnto them, Haue ye not read what Dauid did when he was an hungred, & they that were with him?

  • Mark 11:17
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    17 And he taught, saying vnto them, Is it not written, Mine house shalbe called the house of prayer vnto all nations? but you haue made it a denne of theeues.

  • Matt 12:17
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    17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

  • Matt 12:37
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    37 For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

  • Mark 3:4
    69%

    4 And he saide to them, Is it lawfull to doe a good deede on the Sabbath day, or to doe euil? to saue the life, or to kil? But they held their peace.

  • Matt 11:22
    69%

    22 But I say to you, It shalbe easier for Tyrus and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.

  • Heb 10:8
    69%

    8 Aboue, when he sayd, Sacrifice and offring, and burnt offrings, and sinne offrings thou wouldest not haue, neither hadst pleasure therein (which are offered by the Lawe)

  • Jas 2:13
    69%

    13 For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.

  • Luke 10:14
    69%

    14 Therefore it shall be easier for Tyrus, and Sidon, at the iudgement, then for you.

  • Heb 10:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 Wherefore when he commeth into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not: but a body hast thou ordeined me.

    6 In burnt offerings, and sinne offrings thou hast had no pleasure.

  • Luke 6:9
    69%

    9 Then sayd Iesus vnto them, I will aske you a question, Whether is it lawfull on the Sabbath dayes to doe good, or to doe euill? to saue life, or to destroy?

  • Matt 7:12
    69%

    12 Therefore whatsoeuer ye woulde that men should doe to you, euen so doe ye to them: for this is the Lawe and the Prophets.

  • Luke 16:15
    69%

    15 Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.

  • John 7:24
    68%

    24 Iudge not according to the appearance, but iudge righteous iudgement.

  • Matt 12:31
    68%

    31 Wherefore I say vnto you, euery sinne and blasphemie shalbe forgiuen vnto men: but the blasphemie against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiuen vnto men.

  • Matt 23:25
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    25 Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse.

  • Matt 5:7
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    7 Blessed are the mercifull: for they shal obteine mercie.

  • Matt 11:24
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    24 But I say vnto you, that it shall be easier for them of the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement, then for thee.

  • Matt 23:30
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    30 And say, If we had bene in the dayes of our fathers, we would not haue bene partners with them in the blood of the Prophets.

  • Luke 11:39
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    39 And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse.

  • Matt 6:15
    68%

    15 But if ye do not forgiue men their trespasses,, no more will your father forgiue you your trespaces.

  • Mark 12:10
    68%

    10 Haue ye not read so much as this Scripture? The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.

  • Ps 40:6
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    6 Sacrifice & offering thou didest not desire: (for mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.