1 Samuel 15:22
22And Samuel said,a“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, bto obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
Psalms 50:8
8Not for your sacrifices cdo I rebuke you;your burnt offerings are continually before me.
Psalms 51:16
16 dFor you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
Isaiah 1:11
11 e“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
Isaiah 66:3
3 f“He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers gpig’s blood;
he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
hThese have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delights in their abominations;
Jeremiah 7:21-23
21Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: i“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. 22For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them jconcerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23But this command I gave them: k‘Obey my voice, and lI will be your God, and you shall be my people. mAnd walk in all the way that I command you, nthat it may be well with you.’Hosea 6:6
6For oI desire steadfast love ▼▼Septuagint mercy
and not sacrifice,qthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Matthew 9:13
13Go and learn rwhat this means: s‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For tI came not to call the righteous, ubut sinners.”
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