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I tell you that there is something here that is greater than the Temple. The Scripture says, ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’[a] You don’t really know what those words mean. If you understood them, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.

“So the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.”

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  1. 12:7 ‘I . . . sacrifices.’ Quotation from Hosea 6:6.

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

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  1. Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6