Matthew 12:7
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7 But you would not have condemned my innocent disciples if you knew the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’[a]
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Hosea 6:6
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6 I want you to show love,[a]
not offer sacrifices.
I want you to know me[b]
more than I want burnt offerings.
Matthew 9:13
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13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’[a] For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
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Micah 6:6-8
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6 What can we bring to the Lord?
Should we bring him burnt offerings?
Should we bow before God Most High
with offerings of yearling calves?
7 Should we offer him thousands of rams
and ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Should we sacrifice our firstborn children
to pay for our sins?
8 No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good,
and this is what he requires of you:
to do what is right, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.
Isaiah 1:11-17
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11 “What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?”
says the Lord.
“I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fattened cattle.
I get no pleasure from the blood
of bulls and lambs and goats.
12 When you come to worship me,
who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?
13 Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
and your special days for fasting—
they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.
14 I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals.
They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
16 Wash yourselves and be clean!
Get your sins out of my sight.
Give up your evil ways.
17 Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
Proverbs 17:15
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15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—
both are detestable to the Lord.
Matthew 22:29
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29 Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.
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Acts 13:27
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27 The people in Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize Jesus as the one the prophets had spoken about. Instead, they condemned him, and in doing this they fulfilled the prophets’ words that are read every Sabbath.
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Psalm 94:21
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21 They gang up against the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
James 5:6
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6 You have condemned and killed innocent people,[a] who do not resist you.[b]
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Psalm 109:31
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31 For he stands beside the needy,
ready to save them from those who condemn them.
Job 32:3
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3 He was also angry with Job’s three friends, for they made God[a] appear to be wrong by their inability to answer Job’s arguments.
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- 32:3 As in ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; the Masoretic Text reads Job.
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