Matius 12:7-8

12:7 If ¹  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ²  you would not have condemned the innocent. 12:8 For the Son of Man is lord ³  of the Sabbath.”

[12:7]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:7]  ² sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

[12:8]  ³ tn The term “lord” is in emphatic position in the Greek text.

[12:8]  sn A second point in Jesus’ defense of his disciples’ actions was that his authority as Son of Man also allowed it, since as Son of Man he was lord of the Sabbath.