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;

11 “Of what benefit to me are your many sacrifices?”+ says Jehovah.

 6 With what will I come before Jehovah?

With what will I bow before God on high?

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

And what is Jehovah requiring* of you?

13 Go, then, and learn what this means: ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice.’+ For I came to call, not righteous people, but sinners.”

7 However, if you had understood what this means, ‘I want mercy+ and not sacrifice,’+ you would not have condemned the guiltless ones.