Matthew 12:7

Acts 13:27; Hosea 6:6; Isaiah 1:11-17; James 5:6; Job 32:3; Micah 6:6-8; Matthew 22:29; Matthew 9:13; Proverbs 17:15; Psalms 109:31; Psalms 94:21

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⁷ But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

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