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Matthew 12:7-10
The Message
Matthew 12:7-10
The Message
6-8 “There is far more at stake here than religion. If you had any idea what this Scripture meant—‘I prefer a flexible heart to an inflexible ritual’—you wouldn’t be nitpicking like this. The Son of Man is no yes-man to the Sabbath; he’s in charge.”
9-10 When Jesus left the field, he entered their meeting place. There was a man there with a crippled hand. They said to Jesus, “Is it legal to heal on the Sabbath?” They were baiting him.
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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
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