Matthew 12:7
If you had but known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6Yet I say to you that a greater than the temple is here.
8Furthermore, the Son of the Man is Lord of the Sabbath!”
Cross References
Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Acts 13:27The Jerusalem dwellers and their rulers, understanding neither Him nor the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him.
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 →