2Ch 30:18-20, Zec 7:8-9, Mat 12:3-7, 20 | ESV | STEP | For a majority of the people , many of them from Ephraim , Manasseh , Issachar , and Zebulun , had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed . For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying , May the good Lord pardon everyone

2 Chronicles 30:18-20

18 For a majority of the people, ^amany of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise ^bthan as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon everyone 19 ^cwho sets his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary’s rules of cleanness.” ^{▼▼Hebrew not according to the cleanness of holiness} 20 And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Zechariah 7:8-9

8 And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, 9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^eRender true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,

Matthew 12:3-7

3 He said to them, ^f“Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate ^gthe bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read ^hin the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I tell you, ⁱsomething greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known ^jwhat this means, ^k‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matthew 12:20

20 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;