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[a]If you knew what this meant, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’(A) you would not have condemned these innocent men.

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  1. 12:7 See note on Mt 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

For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice,
    and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.(A)

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For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,(A)
    and acknowledgment(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.(C)

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