1 Samuel 15:22

New International Version

²²But Samuel replied:

“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,^(A)
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

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Isaiah 1:11

New International Version

¹¹“The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;^(A)
I have no pleasure^(B)
    in the blood of bulls^(C) and lambs and goats.^(D)

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Matthew 9:13

New International Version

¹³But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’^[a]^(A) For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”^(B)

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Footnotes

Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6

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Matthew 12:7

New International Version

⁷If 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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Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6

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Mark 12:33

New International Version

³³To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”^(A)

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