Or haven’t you read in the Law[a] that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?(A) But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here!(B) If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice,(C)[b] you would not have condemned the innocent.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:5 = The Torah (the Pentateuch)
  2. Matthew 12:7 Hs 6:6

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