But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Parallel translations
- KJV But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
- BSB If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
- NKJV But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
- NASB But if you had known what this means: ‘I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
- NLT But you would not have condemned my innocent disciples if you knew the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’
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- Hos 6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
- Matt 9:13But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
- Mic 6:6–8How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
- Isa 1:11–17“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
- Prov 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Acts 13:27For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
- Matt 22:29But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
- Ps 109:31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
- Jas 5:6You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
- Ps 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
- Job 32:3Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
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