Matius 12:5

12:5 Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

Matius 12:7

12:7 If ¹  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ²  you would not have condemned the innocent.

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

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