World English Bible
Matthew 12:7
“But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.”
Verse in context — Matthew 12
5
Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
6
But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
7
But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
8
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
9
He departed there, and went into their synagogue.
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