Matthew 12:7

If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Cross References (11)

  • Hosea 6:6 (34)

    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  • Matthew 9:13 (23)

    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinner

  • Micah 6:6–8 (16)

    With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, wit

  • Isaiah 1:11–17 (10)

    “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa

  • Proverbs 17:15 (9)

    Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.

  • Acts 13:27 (5)

    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the

  • Matthew 22:29 (5)

    Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

  • James 5:6 (3)

    You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

  • Psalms 94:21 (3)

    They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

  • Psalms 109:31 (3)

    For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

  • Job 32:3 (2)

    and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.