But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Gill's Exposition
But if ye had known what this meaneth, The passage of Scripture in Hos 6:6
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice; of the sense of which, see Gill on Mat 9:13.
ye would not have condemned the…
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Cambridge Bible
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice Quoted a second time, see ch. Mat 9:13. There is something more binding than the Law, and that is the principle which underlies the Law. The Law rightly understood…
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