"But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless."
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Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.
But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,