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  • 1 Samuel 15:22
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 22 Samuel then said: “Does Jehovah take as much pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices+ as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Look! To obey is better than a sacrifice,+ and to pay attention than the fat+ of rams;

  • Proverbs 21:3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    •  3 To do what is right and just

      Is more pleasing to Jehovah than a sacrifice.+

  • Isaiah 1:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 11 “Of what benefit to me are your many sacrifices?”+ says Jehovah.

      “I have had enough of your burnt offerings of rams+ and the fat of well-fed animals,+

      And I have no delight in the blood+ of young bulls+ and lambs and goats.+

  • Micah 6:6-8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    •  6 With what will I come before Jehovah?

      With what will I bow before God on high?

      Will I come before him with whole burnt offerings,

      With year-old calves?+

       7 Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams,

      With tens of thousands of torrents of oil?+

      Will I give my firstborn son for my revolt,

      The fruit of my body for my sin?*+

       8 He has told you, O man, what is good.

      And what is Jehovah requiring* of you?

      Only to exercise justice,*+ to cherish loyalty,*+

      And to walk in modesty+ with your God!+

  • Matthew 9:13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 13 Go, then, and learn what this means: ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice.’+ For I came to call, not righteous people, but sinners.”

  • Matthew 12:7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 7 However, if you had understood what this means, ‘I want mercy+ and not sacrifice,’+ you would not have condemned the guiltless ones.

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