Matthew 12:7-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁷ And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy [readiness to help, to spare, to forgive] rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless.^(A)

⁸ For the Son of Man is Lord [even] of the Sabbath.

⁹ And going on from there, He went into their synagogue.