Matthew 12:7

12:7 If ¹  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ²  you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 9:13

9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ³  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

³ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7).