Matthew 12:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν, Ἔλεον θέλω, καὶ οὐ θυσίαν, οὐκ ἂν κατεδικάσατε τοὺς ἀναιτίους.

Transliteration

If de you had egnōkeite what estin, 'Eleon thelō, and not thysian,' not an you would have katedikasate the anaitous.

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*egnōkeite*: pluperfect active indicative, 2nd person plural - you had known
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is/means
*Eleon*: accusative, masculine, singular - mercy/compassion
*thelō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I desire/want
*thysian*: accusative, feminine, singular - sacrifice
*an*: particle indicating contingency with past indicative - would
*katedikasate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you condemned/judged
*anaitous*: accusative, masculine, plural - innocent/guiltless

Word Meanings

*de*: but/and/now [transitional particle]
*egnōkeite*: had known/had understood
*Eleon*: mercy/compassion/kindness
*thelō*: I desire/I want/I wish
*thysian*: sacrifice/offering
*katedikasate*: condemned/judged against/pronounced guilty
*anaitous*: innocent/guiltless/blameless ones

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 9:13 : 13 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.
Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Mic 6:6-8 : 6 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?
Matt 22:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Acts 13:27 : 27 For 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.
Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Job 32:3 : 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Ps 109:31 : 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Isa 1:11-17 : 11 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. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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