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 are in error, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.

What good to Me are your many sacrifices, says Jehovah? I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of well-fed cattle; nor do I delight in the blood of bulls, of lambs, or he goats.

Bring no more vain sacrifices; its incense is an abomination to Me. I cannot endure the new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, and the wicked festivals.

And when you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Learn to do good, seek justice, set straight the oppressor, judge for the orphan, plead for the widow.

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before the loftiness of God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves?

O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Also against his three friends his wrath was kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

They gather together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

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