Matthew 12:6-8

Complete Jewish Bible

⁶I tell you, there is in this place something greater than the Temple! ⁷If you knew what ‘I want compassion rather than animal-sacrifice’^[a] meant, you would not condemn the innocent. ⁸For the Son of Man is Lord of Shabbat!”

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Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6

Matthew 12:6-8

New International Version

⁶I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.^(A) ⁷If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’^[a]^(B) you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸For the Son of Man^(C) is Lord of the Sabbath.”