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Matthew 12:7-9
Easy-to-Read Version
Matthew 12:7-9
Easy-to-Read Version
7 The Scriptures say, ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’[a] You don’t really know what that means. If you understood it, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.
8 “The Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath day.”
Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath Day(A)
9 Jesus went from there to their synagogue.
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- Matthew 12:7
Quote from Hos. 6:6.
Matthew 12:7-9
New International Version
Matthew 12:7-9
New International Version
7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](A) you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man(B) is Lord of the Sabbath.”
9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue,
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- Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6
Matthew 12:7-9
King James Version
Matthew 12:7-9
King James Version
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
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