"But if ye had known what {this} meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless…" — Matthew 12:7

Matthew 12:7 · KJV

“But if ye had known what {this} meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.”

— Matthew 12:7

Verse 6

But I say unto you, That in this place is {one} greater than the temple.

Verse 8

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

Matthew 12 — Context

Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

But I say unto you, That in this place is {one} greater than the temple.

But if ye had known what {this} meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

Cross References

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn what {that} meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Micah 6:6-8

Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, {and} bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? {of a...: Heb. sons of a year?}

Isaiah 1:11-17

To what purpose {is} the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. {he goats: Heb. great he goats}

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.

Matthew 22:29

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Acts 13:27

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled {them} in condemning {him}.

Psalms 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.