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Matthew 12:7

If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 12:7 BSB
  1. a Hosea 6:6

Matthew 12:7 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 6:6 (34 votes) and Matthew 9:13 (23 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Leviticus 10 to James 5.

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Which verses does Matthew 12:7 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Hosea 6:634 votes

    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  2. Matthew 9:1323 votes

    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

  3. Micah 6:6–816 votes

    With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? …

  4. Isaiah 1:11–1710 votes

    “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? …

  5. Proverbs 17:159 votes

    Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.

  6. Matthew 22:295 votes

    Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

  7. Acts 13:275 votes

    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

  8. Psalm 94:213 votes

    They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

  9. Psalm 109:313 votes

    For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

  10. James 5:63 votes

    You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

  11. Job 32:32 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 12:7?

The 10 strongest of 13.