Matthew 12:7

In 9 translations

BSB

If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.Hosea 6:6

KJV

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

WEB

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.

ASV

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

LSV

and if you had known what [this] is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice—you had not condemned the blameless,

YLT

and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice — ye had not condemned the blameless,

DBY

But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

DRC

And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.

GNV

Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the innocents.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

εἰ δὲ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν· Ἔλεος θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν, οὐκ ἂν κατεδικάσατε τοὺς ἀναιτίους.

RP2018

Εἰ δὲ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν, Ἔλεον θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν, οὐκ ἂν κατεδικάσατε τοὺς ἀναιτίους.

TR-Boyd

Εἰ δὲ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν, Ἔλεον θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν, οὐκ ἂν κατεδικάσατε τοὺς ἀναιτίους.

SCR1894

ει δε εγνωκειτε τι εστιν ελεον θελω και ου θυσιαν ουκ αν κατεδικασατε τους αναιτιους

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• Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
• Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
• Micah 6:6–8With 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…
• Isaiah 1:11–17“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…
• Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
• Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
• Acts 13:27The 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.
• Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
• James 5:6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
• Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
• Job 32:3and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

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