Matthew 12:7KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 7 of 50
"But if ye had known what meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless."
In context
5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6But I say unto you, That in this place is greater than the temple.
7But if ye had known what meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: