Sincerity and truth are what you require; fill my mind with your wisdom.

But when someone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.

If any of you sin unintentionally, you are to offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering.

But any who sin deliberately, whether they are natives or foreigners, are guilty of treating the LORD with contempt, and they shall be put to death,

because they have rejected what the LORD said and have deliberately broken one of his commands. They are responsible for their own death.

Murderers must be put to death. They cannot escape this penalty by the payment of money.

"If a man is caught having intercourse with another man's wife, both of them are to be put to death. In this way you will get rid of this evil.

I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me.

You do not want sacrifices and offerings; you do not ask for animals burned whole on the altar or for sacrifices to take away sins. Instead, you have given me ears to hear you,

I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.

The LORD is pleased when good people pray, but hates the sacrifices that the wicked bring him.

The LORD hates it when wicked people offer him sacrifices, especially if they do it from evil motives.

He says, "Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.

It's useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins.

"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.

I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices when I brought them out of Egypt.

But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live the way I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.

"So, Jeremiah, you will speak all these words to my people, but they will not listen to you; you will call them, but they will not answer.

The LORD says, "I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!

Stop your noisy songs; I do not want to listen to your harps.

For this reason, when Christ was about to come into the world, he said to God: "You do not want sacrifices and offerings, but you have prepared a body for me.

You are not pleased with animals burned whole on the altar or with sacrifices to take away sins.