Psalm 40:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 [a]Sacrifice and offering you do not want;(A)
you opened my ears.
Holocaust and sin-offering you do not request;
Footnotes
- 40:7–9 Obedience is better than sacrifice (cf. 1 Sm 15:22; Is 1:10–20; Hos 6:6; Am 5:22–25; Mi 6:6–8; Acts 7:42–43 [quoting Am 5:25–26]). Hb 10:5–9 quotes the somewhat different Greek version and interprets it as Christ’s self-oblation.
Jeremiah 24:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.(A)
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Ezekiel 36:26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 (A)I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.(B)
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