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The Scripture says, ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’[a] You don’t really know what those words mean. If you understood them, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.

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  1. 12:7 ‘I . . . sacrifices.’ Quotation from Hosea 6:6.

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