Hosea 6:6
6 For kI desire steadfast love1 and not sacrifice,
lthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Matthew 9:13
13 Go and learn iwhat this means: j‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For kI came not to call the righteous, lbut sinners.”
Matthew 12:7
7 And if you had known ewhat this means, f‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Matthew 12:1
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
1 At that time wJesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and xthey began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
1 Samuel 15:22
22 And Samuel said,
w“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, xto obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
