Proverbs 21:3 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 3 To do what is right and justIs more pleasing to Jehovah than a sacrifice.+ Hosea 6:6 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 6 For in loyal love* I delight, not in sacrifice,And in the knowledge of God, rather than in whole burnt offerings.+ Matthew 12:7 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 7 However, if you had understood what this means, ‘I want mercy+ and not sacrifice,’+ you would not have condemned the guiltless ones.
6 For in loyal love* I delight, not in sacrifice,And in the knowledge of God, rather than in whole burnt offerings.+
7 However, if you had understood what this means, ‘I want mercy+ and not sacrifice,’+ you would not have condemned the guiltless ones.