And if you had known what it means,[a] ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

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  1. Matthew 12:7 Literally “it is”

If 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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  1. Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6