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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  1. Matthew 12:7 Lit is
  2. Matthew 12:7 Or mercy
  3. Matthew 12:7 Lit and not
  4. Matthew 12:7 Plural in the Gr

If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](A) you would not have condemned the innocent.

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  1. Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6