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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.