Jeremiah 7:22

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Summary

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

Nor

Mark 12:33

General references

Bible References

Nor

And Samuel said, Has LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, {but a body thou have prepared for me (LXX/NT)}. Whole burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, and thy burnt-offerings [being] continually before me.

For thou delight not in sacrifice, else I would give it. Thou have no pleasure in burnt-offering.

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

But after going, learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance.

And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

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one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;

And on the second day, twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish,

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, and thy burnt-offerings [being] continually before me.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to LORD than sacrifice.