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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For (A)I desire steadfast love[a] and not sacrifice,
    (B)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy

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.

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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.

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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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Not for your sacrifices (A)do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

(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.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me

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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