Matthew 12:7
Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the innocents.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.
8For the sonne of man is Lord, euen of the Sabbath.
Cross References
Joshua 5:5For all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were borne in the wildernes by the way after they came out of Egypt, were not circumcised.
Psalms 94:21They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
Proverbs 17:15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.
Hosea 6:6For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.
Matthew 9:13But goe yee and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.
Acts 13:27For the inhabitants of Hierusalem, and their rulers, because they knewe him not, nor yet the woordes of the Prophets, which are read euery Sabbath day, they haue fulfilled them in 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 →