¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’^[a](A) For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”^(B)

⁶ I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.^{(A) 7} If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’^[a](B) you would not have condemned the innocent.

³² “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.^{(A) 33} To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”^(B)

³⁴ When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”^(C) And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.^(D)