Matt.12.7

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matt.12.7

If you had any idea what this Scripture meant--"I prefer a flexible heart to an inflexible ritual'--you wouldn't be nitpicking like this.

Matt.12.7

If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matt.12.7

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