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Matthew 12:7
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But if you had known what this means, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and yet are guiltless?
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I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
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But if you had known what this means, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of Man is lord of the sabbath."
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He left that place and entered their synagogue;
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