Matthew 12:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,

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  • Matt 9:13 : 13 but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
  • Mic 6:6-8 : 6 With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year? 7 Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born `for' my transgression? The fruit of my body `for' the sin of my soul? 8 He hath declared to thee, O man, what `is' good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read -- having judged `him' -- did fulfill,
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.
  • Job 32:3 : 3 and against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job.
  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Isa 1:11-17 : 11 `Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated `with' burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired. 12 When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts? 13 Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it `is' to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint! 14 Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing. 15 And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full. 16 Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good. 17 Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive `for' the widow.

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  • Matt 9:12-13
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    79%

    12And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

    13but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

  • Matt 12:5-6
    2 verses
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    5`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

    6and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

  • Hos 6:6
    75%

    6For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

  • Matt 12:8
    73%

    8for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'

  • Luke 19:42
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    42saying -- `If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.

  • Matt 12:10-12
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    10and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.

    11And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?

    12How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

  • Matt 15:5-7
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    5but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

    6and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

    7`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

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

    37`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

  • Matt 7:1
    71%

    1`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

  • Matt 18:33
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    33did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

  • Mark 7:11-13
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    11and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

    12and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

    13setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

  • Jas 5:6
    70%

    6ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.

  • Acts 13:27
    70%

    27for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read -- having judged `him' -- did fulfill,

  • Luke 12:56-57
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    56hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time -- how do ye not make proof of `it'?

    57`And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?

  • Matt 27:4
    70%

    4`I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!'

  • Matt 12:2-3
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    2and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, `Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

    3And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

  • Mark 11:17
    69%

    17and he was teaching, saying to them, `Hath it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?'

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

  • Matt 12:37
    69%

    37for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

  • Mark 3:4
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    4And he saith to them, `Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.

  • Matt 11:22
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    22but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.

  • Heb 10:8
    69%

    8saying above -- `Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered --

  • Jas 2:13
    69%

    13for the judgment without kindness `is' to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

  • Luke 10:14
    69%

    14but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.

  • Heb 10:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, `Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,

    6in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight,

  • Luke 6:9
    69%

    9Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

  • Matt 7:12
    69%

    12`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

  • Luke 16:15
    69%

    15and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;

  • John 7:24
    68%

    24judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

  • Matt 12:31
    68%

    31Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

  • Matt 23:25
    68%

    25`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

  • Matt 5:7
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    7`Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.

  • Matt 11:24
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    24but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.'

  • Matt 23:30
    68%

    30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

  • Luke 11:39
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    39And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;

  • Matt 6:15
    68%

    15but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • Mark 12:10
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    10And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:

  • Ps 40:6
    67%

    6Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.