Matthew 9:13
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13 Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.(A)[a] For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”[b]
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- Matthew 9:13 Hs 6:6
- Matthew 9:13 Other mss add to repentance
Matthew 12:7
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7 If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice,(A)[a] you would not have condemned the innocent.
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Isaiah 1:1-13
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1 The vision(A) concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah(B) son of Amoz saw during the reigns[a][b] of Uzziah,(C) Jotham,(D) Ahaz,(E) and Hezekiah,(F) kings of Judah.(G)
Judah on Trial
2 Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth,(H)
for the Lord has spoken:
“I have raised children[c] and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against Me.(I)
3 The ox knows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not understand.”(J)
4 Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,(K)
brood of evildoers,(L)
depraved children![d]
They have abandoned(M) the Lord;
they have despised(N) the Holy One of Israel;(O)
they have turned their backs on Him.
5 Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
6 From the sole of the foot even to the head,(P)
no spot is uninjured(Q)—
wounds, welts, and festering sores
not cleansed, bandaged,
or soothed with oil.
7 Your land is desolate,
your cities burned with fire;(R)
foreigners devour your fields
before your very eyes—
a desolation demolished by foreigners.
8 Daughter Zion(S) is abandoned
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 If the Lord of Hosts(T)
had not left us a few survivors,(U)
we would be like Sodom,
we would resemble Gomorrah.(V)
10 Hear the word of the Lord,(W)
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the instruction of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!(X)
11 “What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.(Y)
12 When you come to appear before Me,
who requires this from you—
this trampling of My courts?
13 Stop bringing useless offerings.(Z)
Your incense is detestable to Me.
New Moons and Sabbaths,(AA)
and the calling of solemn assemblies(AB)—
I cannot stand iniquity(AC) with a festival.
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- Isaiah 1:1 Lit saw in the days
- Isaiah 1:1 ca 792–686 b.c.
- Isaiah 1:2 Or sons
- Isaiah 1:4 Or sons
Micah 6:6-8
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6 What should I bring before the Lord(A)
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,(B)
with year-old calves?
7 Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams(C)
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,(D)
the child of my body for my own sin?
8 Mankind, He has told you what is good(E)
and what it is the Lord requires of you:(F)
to act justly,(G)
to love faithfulness,(H)
and to walk humbly with your God.(I)
Isaiah 56:1
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A House of Prayer for All
56 This is what the Lord says:
Preserve justice and do what is right,(A)
for My salvation is coming soon,
and My righteousness will be revealed.(B)
Genesis 18:19
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19 For I have chosen[a] him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”
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- Genesis 18:19 Lit known
Psalm 106:3
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3 How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.(A)
Proverbs 21:3
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3 Doing what is righteous and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)
Psalm 15:2
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2 The one who lives honestly, practices righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart(A)—
Psalm 24:3-5
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3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in His holy place?(A)
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,(B)
who has not set his mind[a] on what is false,(C)
and who has not sworn deceitfully.
5 He will receive blessing from the Lord,(D)
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.(E)
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- Psalm 24:4 Or not lifted up his soul
Isaiah 33:14-16
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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling seizes the ungodly:
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?(A)
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
15 The one who lives righteously
and speaks rightly,(B)
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots[a]
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil[b](C)—
16 he will dwell on the heights;
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:15 Lit to bloods
- Isaiah 33:15 Lit eyes from seeing evil
1 Samuel 15:22
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22 Then Samuel said:
Does the Lord(A) take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
Look: to obey is better than sacrifice,
to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.(B)
Proverbs 15:8
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8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,(A)
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.(B)
Jeremiah 22:3
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3 This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.(A) Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor.(B) Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
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Jeremiah 23:5
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The Righteous Branch of David
5 “The days are coming”(A)—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.(B)
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.(C)
Zechariah 7:9
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9 “The Lord of Hosts says this: Make fair decisions.(A) Show faithful love and compassion(B) to one another.
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Matthew 23:23
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23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of[a] mint, dill, and cumin,[b] yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice,(A) mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.
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- Matthew 23:23 Or You tithe
- Matthew 23:23 A plant whose seeds are used as a seasoning
Isaiah 57:15
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15 For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy(A) says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,(B)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.(C)
Isaiah 66:2
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2 My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble,(A) submissive[a] in spirit,(B)
and trembles at My word.
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- Isaiah 66:2 Lit broken
Psalm 34:18
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18 The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
He saves those crushed in spirit.(A)
Psalm 50:9-14
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9 I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,(A)
10 for every animal of the forest is Mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird of the mountains,[a]
and the creatures of the field are Mine.(B)
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.(C)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?(D)
14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God,(E)
and pay your vows to the Most High.(F)
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- Psalm 50:11 LXX, Syr, Tg read heavens
Hebrews 13:15-16
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15 Therefore, through Him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess His name.(A) 16 Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.(B)
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Hosea 14:2
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2 Take words of repentance with you(A)
and return to the Lord.
Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay You
with praise[a] from our[b] lips.(B)
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- Hosea 14:2 LXX reads with the fruit
- Hosea 14:2 Lit repay the bulls of our
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