Matthew 12:7
Moreover, if you knew what that (meaneth), " I desire mercy and not a sacrifice," you would not have condemned them who are not faulty.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I say to you, that (one) greater than the temple is here.
8For the Lord of the sabbath is the Son of man.
Cross References
Matthew 9:13Go, learn what that is:-" I require mercy, and not sacrifice; " for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners.
Acts 13:27For they, the inhabitants of Urishlem and their princes, have not consented thereto, nor also to the writings of the prophets which are read on every shabath; but condemned him, and accomplished all that was written.
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 →