Matthew 12:7
New English Translation
7 If[a] you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’[b] you would not have condemned the innocent.
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- Matthew 12:7 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Matthew 12:7 sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).
Matthew 12:7
English Standard Version
7 And if you had known (A)what this means, (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Matthew 12:7
New King James Version
7 But if you had known what this means, (A)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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