Matthew 12:7
If you had known what this meant, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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In Context
6But I say to you that one greater than the temple is here.
8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Cross References
Joshua 5:5Though all the males who came out of Egypt were circumcised, still, none of the boys born in the wilderness on the way out of Egypt had been circumcised.
Psalms 94:21They conspire together to take the life of the righteous 1 and they condemn the innocent to death. 1
Proverbs 17:15The person who acquits the wicked person and the person who condemns the righteous person— 1 both are an abomination to Yahweh. 1
Hosea 6:6For I desire faithfulness and not sacrifice, 1 and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 1
Matthew 9:13You should go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous to repent, but sinners.”
Acts 13:27For they who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, did not recognize him, and they fulfilled sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath 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 →