Matthew 12:7
King James Version
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Matthew 12:7 in context
Matthew 12:5
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Matthew 12:6
But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
Matthew 12:7SELECTED VERSE
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Matthew 12:9
And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: