Matthew 12:7

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

Matthew 12:7 In-Context

5 Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and yet are guiltless?
6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
7 But if you had known what this means, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of Man is lord of the sabbath."
9 He left that place and entered their synagogue;
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.