Matthew 12:7
And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.
8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
Cross References
Joshua 5:5Now these were all circumcised. But the people that were born in the desert,
Psalms 94:21They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.
Matthew 9:13Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.
Acts 13:27For they that inhabited Jerusalem, and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets, which are read every sabbath, judging him have fulfilled them.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:2-14
Christ Vindicates His Disciples. 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him… Read the whole commentary →