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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

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