Mercy. — Better rendered, love. This passage is richly sustained by our Lord’s adoption of its teaching (Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7). Mark 12:33 shows that according to even Old Testament teaching, the moral ranks above the ceremonial, that ritual is valueless apart from spiritual conformity with Divine will.
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Hosea 6:6
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.