7 And if ye had known what that is, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; ye would not have criminated them who are without fault.
Matthew 12:7 Cross References - Murdock
Matthew 9:13
13 Go and learn what that is: I require compassion, and not a sacrifice! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.
Matthew 22:29
29 Jesus answered, and said to them: Ye do err, from not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Acts 13:27
27 For, those inhabitants of Jerusalem and their chiefs, did not apprehend it; neither did they apprehend also the writings of the prophets, which are read every sabbath; but they condemned him, and fulfilled all the things written.
James 5:6
6 Ye have condemned and slain the just, and none resisted you.