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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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  1. Matthew 12:7 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
  2. Matthew 12:7 sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

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