On the first day of the Passover Feast the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to get the Passover supper ready for you to eat?"

Ye know that after two days the passover takes place, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

And he said, Go into the city unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near, I will keep the passover in thy house with my disciples.

And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the passover.

Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,

Now it was the Governor's custom, during the Passover, to release to the people any one prisoner whom they selected.

Go, learn what this means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want.' It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

If you only knew what that saying means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want,' you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.