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Matthew 12:7
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7 But if you had known what this means, (A)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

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Matthew 12:7
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7 But if you had known what this [a]means: ‘(A)I desire [b]compassion, [c]rather than sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned [d]the innocent.

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  2. Matthew 12:7 Or mercy
  3. Matthew 12:7 Lit and not
  4. Matthew 12:7 Plural in the Gr
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Matthew 12:7
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7 And if you had only known what this statement means, ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], [a]and not [animal] sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.(A)

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Matthew 12:7
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7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](A) you would not have condemned the innocent.

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  1. Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6
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Matthew 12:7
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7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

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Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?

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  1. Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)told you, mortal one, what is good;
And (B)what does the Lord require of you
But to (C)do justice, to (D)love [a]kindness,
And to walk [b](E)humbly with your God?

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  1. Micah 6:8 Or loyalty
  2. Micah 6:8 Or circumspectly
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Micah 6:8
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8 
He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
Except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice] kindness (compassion),
And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness]?(A)

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Micah 6:8
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8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(A) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a](B) with your God.(C)

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  1. Micah 6:8 Or prudently
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Micah 6:8
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8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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