'Mercy' in the Bible
"How blessed are those who are merciful, because it is they who will receive mercy!
Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."
As Jesus was traveling on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"
If you had known what "I want mercy and not sacrifice' means, you would not have condemned the innocent,
Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"
and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son, because he is an epileptic and suffers terribly. Often he falls into fire and often into water.
Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'
When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"
When the crowd told them harshly to be silent, they shouted even louder, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.
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