Jeremiah 7:22
English Standard Version
22 For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them (A)concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
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Jeremiah 7:22
New International Version
22 For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands(A) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,(B)
Hosea 6:6
English Standard Version
6 For (A)I desire steadfast love[a] and not sacrifice,
(B)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Footnotes
- Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy
Hosea 6:6
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Psalm 51:16-17
English Standard Version
16 (A)For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are (B)a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 51:16-17
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1 Samuel 15:22
English Standard Version
22 And Samuel said,
(A)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (B)to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22
New International Version
22 But Samuel replied:
“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.
Matthew 9:13
English Standard Version
13 Go and learn (A)what this means: (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (C)I came not to call the righteous, (D)but sinners.”
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Matthew 9:13
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6
Psalm 50:8-17
English Standard Version
8 Not for your sacrifices (A)do I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 (B)I know all the birds of the hills,
and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
(C)for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 (D)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[a]
and (E)perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and (F)call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will (G)deliver you, and you shall (H)glorify me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 (I)For you hate discipline,
(J)and you cast my words behind you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God
Psalm 50:8-17
New International Version
8 I bring no charges(A) against you concerning your sacrifices
or concerning your burnt offerings,(B) which are ever before me.
9 I have no need of a bull(C) from your stall
or of goats(D) from your pens,(E)
10 for every animal of the forest(F) is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.(G)
11 I know every bird(H) in the mountains,
and the insects in the fields(I) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world(J) is mine, and all that is in it.(K)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(L) to God,
fulfill your vows(M) to the Most High,(N)
15 and call(O) on me in the day of trouble;(P)
I will deliver(Q) you, and you will honor(R) me.”
16 But to the wicked person, God says:
Psalm 40:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open (B)ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
Psalm 40:6
New International Version
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
- Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
Mark 12:33
English Standard Version
33 And to love him with all the heart and with all (A)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, (B)is much more than all (C)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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Mark 12:33
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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.”(A)
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