1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Matthew 12:7

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

1 Kings 15:22.; Ecclesiastes 4:17.; Osee 6:6.; Matthew 9:13.

Mercy, and not sacrifice. (Osee 6:6.) The meaning of this is, if you then approve of the mercy of the high priest, who refreshed the famished fugitive David, why do you condemn my disciples? (St. Jerome)