1 Samuel 15:22

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22 And Samuel said,

“^aHas Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices

As in obeying the voice of Yahweh?

Behold, ^bto obey is better than sacrifice,

And to heed than the fat of rams.

Psalm 50:8

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I do ^anot reprove you for your sacrifices,

And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Psalm 50:9

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I shall take no ^ayoung bull out of your house

Nor male goats out of your folds.

Psalm 51:16

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For You ^ado not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;

You are not pleased with burnt offering.

Isaiah 1:11

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“^aWhat are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”

Says Yahweh.

“I ¹have had enough of burnt offerings of rams

And the fat of fed cattle;

And in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats ²I take no pleasure.

Isaiah 1:12

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When you come ^ato appear before Me,

Who requires ¹of you this trampling of My courts?

Micah 6:6-8

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What Yahweh Requires

^aWith what shall I come before Yahweh

And bow myself before the God on high?

Shall I come before Him with ^bburnt offerings,

With yearling calves?

Is Yahweh pleased with ^athousands of rams,

With ten thousand rivers of oil?

Shall I give my ^bfirstborn for my transgression,

The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has ^atold you, O man, what is good;

And ^bwhat does Yahweh require of you

But to ^cdo justice, to ^dlove lovingkindness,

And to walk ¹^ehumbly with your God?

Matthew 9:13

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13 But go and learn ¹^awhat this means: ‘^bI desire ²compassion, ³and not sacrifice,’ for ^cI did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 12:7

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7 But if you had known what this ¹means, ‘^aI desire ²compassion, and not a sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.