Jeremiah 7:22-23
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22 For I did not (A)speak to your fathers, or command them on the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this is [a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘(B)Obey My voice, and (C)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk [b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may (D)go well for you.’
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- Jeremiah 7:23 Lit the word
- Jeremiah 7:23 Lit in all the way
Hosea 6:6
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6 For (A)I [a]desire loyalty (B)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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- Hosea 6:6 Or take pleasure in
Matthew 12:7
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7 But if you had known what this [a]means: ‘(A)I desire [b]compassion, [c]rather than sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned [d]the innocent.
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- Matthew 12:7 Lit is
- Matthew 12:7 Or mercy
- Matthew 12:7 Lit and not
- Matthew 12:7 Plural in the Gr
Mark 12:33
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33 (A)and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, (B)is much more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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