And if you had known what this means,‘ I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

‘我喜爱怜恤，不喜爱祭祀。’你们若明白这话的意思，就不将无罪的当作有罪的了。

‘我喜爱怜悯，不喜爱祭祀。’你们若明白这话的意思，就不将无罪的当作有罪了。

‘我喜爱怜悯，不喜爱祭祀。’你们若明白这话的意思，就不将无罪的当作有罪了。

如果你们明白‘我喜爱怜悯之心，而非祭物’这句经文的意义，就不会冤枉无辜了。

如果你们明白‘我喜爱怜悯，不喜爱祭祀’这句话的意思，就不会把无罪的定罪了。

你们如果明白‘我要的是怜悯，而不是祭祀’这话是什么意思，就不会把无罪的定为有罪了。

『我喜愛憐恤，不喜愛祭祀。』你們若明白這話的意思，就不將無罪的當作有罪的了。

『我喜愛憐憫，不喜愛祭祀。』你們若明白這話的意思，就不將無罪的當作有罪了。

『我喜愛憐憫，不喜愛祭祀。』你們若明白這話的意思，就不將無罪的當作有罪了。

如果你們明白『我喜愛憐憫之心，而非祭物』這句經文的意義，就不會冤枉無辜了。

如果你們明白‘我喜愛憐憫，不喜愛祭祀’這句話的意思，就不會把無罪的定罪了。

你們若明白了「我喜愛憐憫，不喜愛祭祀」是甚麼意思，就不至於定無罪的為有罪了。

你們如果明白『我要的是憐憫，而不是祭祀』這話是什麼意思，就不會把無罪的定為有罪了。

爾若知我欲矜恤、不欲祭祀之意、則不罪無辜者矣、

我欲矜恤、不欲祭祀、其意云何、爾如知此、則不擬無罪者矣、

經云、我欲矜恤、不欲祭祀、爾若知此言之意、則不罪無辜者矣、

「予愛仁慈、不愛祭祀」之精義、當勿罪無辜矣。

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

Scripture says,‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice.’( Hosea 6:6) You don’t know what those words mean. If you did, you would not bring charges against those who are not guilty.

But you would not have condemned my innocent disciples if you knew the meaning of this Scripture:‘ I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’

If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

But if you had known what this means:‘ I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

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

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

If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

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

If you had known what this means:‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

But if you had known what this means,‘ I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Go and learn what this means:‘ I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

“ With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

“ What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.“ When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts?Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations— I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

But Jesus answered them,“ You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

He burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.