Matthew 12:7 Cross References

Matthew 12:7

7: But you would not have condemned those who aren't guilty if you knew the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.'

Hosea 6:6

  1. I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices. I want you to know God; that's more important than burnt offerings.

Matthew 9:13

  1. Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.' For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

Micah 6:6

  1. What can we bring to the LORD to make up for what we've done? Should we bow before God with offerings of yearling calves?
  2. Should we offer him thousands of rams and tens of thousands of rivers of olive oil? Would that please the LORD? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for the sins of our souls? Would that make him glad?
  3. No, O people, the LORD has already told you what is good, and this is what he requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Isaiah 1:11

  1. "I am sick of your sacrifices," says the LORD. "Don't bring me any more burnt offerings! I don't want the fat from your rams or other animals. I don't want to see the blood from your offerings of bulls and rams and goats.
  2. Why do you keep parading through my courts with your worthless sacrifices?
  3. The incense you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting--even your most pious meetings--are all sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them.
  4. I hate all your festivals and sacrifices. I cannot stand the sight of them!
  5. From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.

Proverbs 17:15

  1. The LORD despises those who acquit the guilty and condemn the innocent.

James 5:6

  1. You have condemned and killed good people who had no power to defend themselves against you.

Psalms 94:21

  1. They attack the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Matthew 22:29

  1. Jesus replied, "Your problem is that you don't know the Scriptures, and you don't know the power of God.

Acts 13:27

  1. The people in Jerusalem and their leaders fulfilled prophecy by condemning Jesus to death. They didn't recognize him or realize that he is the one the prophets had written about, though they hear the prophets' words read every Sabbath.

Psalms 109:31

  1. For he stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them.

Job 32:3

  1. He was also angry with Job's three friends because they had condemned God by their inability to answer Job's arguments.
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