⁷ If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’^[a](A) you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸ For the Son of Man^(B) is Lord of the Sabbath.”

²⁷ Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man,^(A) not man for the Sabbath.^(B)

⁹ But now that you know God—or rather are known by God^(A)—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces^[a]? Do you wish to be enslaved^(B) by them all over again?^{(C) 10} You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!^{(D) 11} I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.^(E)