7And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.


In Context

4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?

5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?

6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.

7 And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

9 And when he has passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.

Matthew 12:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:7If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice — ye had not condemned the blameless,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless.