“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
    as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,^(A)
    and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(A)
    and acknowledgment^(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(C)

²² Even though you bring me burnt offerings^(A) and grain offerings,
    I will not accept them.^(B)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
    I will have no regard for them.^(C)

²⁴ But let justice^(A) roll on like a river,
    righteousness^(B) like a never-failing stream!^(C)