Matthew 12:5-7
Christian Standard Bible
5 Or haven’t you read in the law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?(A) 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.(B) 7 If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice,[a](C) you would not have condemned the innocent.
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- 12:7 Hs 6:6
Matthew 12:5-7
New International Version
5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath(A) and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.(B) 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](C) you would not have condemned the innocent.
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- Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6
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