But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call [the] righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

Jesus answered and said to them, "You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

For those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor the voices of the Prophets which are being read according to each Sabbath, condemning [him], they fulfilled [the Scriptures].

Of what [value] to Me is the abundance of your sacrifices? Says the Lord; I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats;

Though you bring fine flour, [it is] futile; incense is an abomination to Me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your Sabbaths, and the great day;

When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away My eyes from you; and though you make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.

learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

For I desire mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole burnt offerings.

With what shall I reach the Lord, and lay hold of my God most high? Shall I reach Him by whole burnt offerings, by calves of a year old?

Has it not been told you, O man, what is good? Or what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord your God?

And he was also very angry with his three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man.

They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

For He stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them that persecute my soul.

He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable before God.

You have condemned; you have murdered the just. He does not resist you.