Matthew 12:7

World English Bible (2000)

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

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  • Matt 9:13 : 13 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."
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Mic 6:6-8 : 6 How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.
  • Job 32:3 : 3 Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, 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 will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. A Psalm by David.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
  • Isa 1:11-17 : 11 "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. 14 My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. 17 Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."

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  • Matt 9:12-13
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    12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

    13 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."

  • Matt 12:5-6
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    5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

    6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

  • Hos 6:6
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    6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

  • Matt 12:8
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    8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

  • Luke 19:42
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    42 saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

  • Matt 12:10-12
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    10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

    11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

    12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

  • Matt 15:5-7
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    5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

    6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

    7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Luke 6:36-37
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    36 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

    37 Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.

  • Matt 18:33
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    33 Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'

  • Mark 7:11-13
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    11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

    12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

    13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

  • Jas 5:6
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    6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.

  • Acts 13:27
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    27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

  • Luke 12:56-57
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    56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?

    57 Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

  • Matt 27:4
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    4 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

  • Matt 12:2-3
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    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

    3 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

  • Mark 11:17
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    17 He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!"

  • Matt 12:17
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    17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Matt 12:37
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    37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

  • Mark 3:4
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    4 He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.

  • Matt 11:22
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    22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

  • Heb 10:8
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    8 Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the law),

  • Jas 2:13
    69%

    13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Luke 10:14
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    14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

  • Heb 10:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, but you prepared a body for me;

    6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.

  • Luke 6:9
    69%

    9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"

  • Matt 7:12
    69%

    12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • John 7:24
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    24 Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

  • Matt 12:31
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    31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

  • Matt 23:25
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    25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

  • Matt 5:7
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    7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

  • Matt 11:24
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    24 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."

  • Matt 23:30
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    30 and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

  • Luke 11:39
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    39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

  • Matt 6:15
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    15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • Mark 12:10
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    10 Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

  • Ps 40:6
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    6 Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.