Matthew 9:13 & Matthew 12:7? What meaneth I will have mercy, and not sacrifice?

Question

Matthew 9:13
But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Matthew 12:7
But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Answer 1

If mercy is superior to the temple sacrifices, how much more to the laws of ritual impurity.

This was a prophetic statement of Hosea 6:6 " For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than holocausts"

Answer 2

Matthew 12:5-8 (NKJV)
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? [6] Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. [7] But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless. [8] For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
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Jesus was teaching the Pharisees that their proud stance if keeping the LAW was hypocritical. Jesus was pointing out how their religious system, although initially set up by God, was no longer God's system.

The Pharisees were missing the point. They COULDN'T keep the law and all the extra rules they made up WASN'T pleasing GOD.

In fact, God gave them only 10 rules...and the 10 were supposed to show them that they were sinners in need of a Savior.

So, since they saw NO NEED of a Savior...it is clear why they didn't recognize HIM when He was standing face to face with them.

Answer 3

The Pharisees showed an unmerciful attitude toward others and were rebuked by Jesus with the words: “Go, then, and learn what this means, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice.’ ” (Matthew 9:10-13; 12:1-7; Compare Hos. 6:6.) He placed mercy among the weightier matters of the Law. (Matthew 23:23.) As noted, while such mercy could embrace judicial clemency, such as the Pharisees might have opportunity to show, perhaps as members of the Sanhedrin, it was not limited to this. More basically it referred to active manifestation of pity or compassion, deeds of mercy.

Although the Pharisees claimed to believe in the writings of the Hebrew prophets, they did not embrace this saying from Hosea 6:6. If they were going to err, they made sure it would be on the side of obedience to tradition.

Their priorities were confused, for without mercy all their sacrifices would be worthless.

On the other hand, the Pharisees did many things for outward show. They put great emphasis on conformity to details of the Law and compliance with rules of their own making. But they failed to manifest in their lives the qualities that would identify them with the God whom they professed to worship. Jesus taught that while obedience to God’s requirements is important, the value of such obedience is determined by what is in the heart.

Answer 4

Matt 9:13

Observing Jesus at the feast with such persons, the Pharisees ask his disciples: “Why is it that your teacher eats with tax collectors and sinners?” Overhearing the question, Jesus answers: “Persons in health do not need a physician, but the ailing do. Go, then, and learn what this means, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came to call, not righteous people, but sinners.”

Matthew has invited these tax collectors to his home so that they can listen to Jesus and receive spiritual healing. So Jesus associates with them to help them attain a healthy relationship with God. Jesus does not despise such ones, as do the self-righteous Pharisees. Rather, moved with compassion he, in effect, serves as a spiritual physician to them.

Jesus’ exercise of mercy toward sinners is not a condoning of their sins but an expression of the same tender feelings he manifested toward the physically ill.

Matt 12:7

The Pharisees of Jesus’ day felt they had God’s favor because they scrupulously paid tithes, made the required sacrifices and abstained from secular work on sabbath days. They were critical of any who did not measure up to their idea of what obeying the Law meant. But Jesus told them: “If you had understood what this means, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless ones.’” True, being under the Mosaic law they were required to observe those things mentioned, but not to the point of disregarding “the weightier matters of the Law,” including mercy.

The seriousness of the matter is seen in the Bible’s statement that the “merciless” are counted among those viewed by God as “deserving of death.” (Rom. 1:31, 32) Consider the case of the Pharisees, who Jesus said were, as a class, destined for Gehenna, everlasting destruction. (Matt. 23:23, 33) Evidently lack of mercy contributed largely to their meriting this condemnation. When reproving them for ‘condemning the guiltless ones,’ Jesus told them to “go . . . and learn what this means, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice.”’

Answer 5

In Genisis is tells us about how God gave man the choice and we chose to sin. The first blood that was ever shed was the clothes he made for Adam and Eve. He later said there is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood. The Old Testament is all about the many sacrifices that had to be made for forgiveness of different sins. But God said all along that a perfect sacrife or "lamb" would one day come. The Jews called him the Messiah. God said once he came he would shed the blood for all our sins once and for all because he would be the only perfect one who would be qualified to give mercy. So in the transition from the Old to the New Testament, it is a transition from the Old way of us needing temporary sacrifices for our sin to Jesus willingly giving his blood so that if we accept his mercy we are seen by God to be forgiven.

Answer 6

Matthew 9:13 NIV "But go and learn what this means: 'i desire mercy, not sacrifice. for i have not come to call the righteous but the sinners."

mercy: pity or forgiveness shown towards one enemy or offender in one's power
Sacrifice: the act of giving up something one values for the sake of something that is more important

in the old testament God required animal sacrifices to bless his people now Jesus comes to them saying "forgive your enemy So that you may have eternal life, that is what I want not a sacrifice so that you offer to receive something in return. whoever asks anything in My name it will be given.

Jesus came to rescue the sinners not reward the righteous, thank the Lord for that :)

Matthew 12:7 NIV "If you had known what these words meant, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent."

Condemn: sentence to punishment

innocent: not guilty of a crime or offense

if the people had known what those words meant they would not have punished those thought of doing evil but shown them mercy as Jesus showed them. we have no right to judge another man's actions that is left to God and Him alone. if Jesus showed them mercy shouldn't we do the same? Jesus will forgive anyone who asks so in His name, he wanted the people to be merciful and not seek blood.

Blessing!

Answer 7

We are saved and forgiven by Jesus through His grace and His mercy. IF we conform to His laws, He will show us mercy. But we must ask Him to forgive us for our sins after we admit to him that we have sinned. This must be done every day, because we all sin every day. There is no getting away from it. But we must try to improve ourselves every day, and work at becoming better Christians. Jesus was merciful towards us when He took the stripes on His body for our sins that we comit in life. He paid the ultimate price with His life for somthing He did not do. Now that's mercy.

Answer 8

This quoted from Hosea.

Hos 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Mercy means loving kindness.

God desired OUR loving kindness and knowledge of Him, His Word.

Not sacrifice or burnt offerings.

Answer 9

There are at least 45,000 Protestant churches in the U.S.

What caused all these different beliefs if the MESSAGE is so clear?

What makes you believe that you have more than a 1 in 45,000 chance of being in the 'correct' church?

Virgin Birth - A preconceived notion?

What is the Imacculate Conception?

An Imacculate deception?

Betcha don't know.

Did Jesus give up Saturday for us?

Jesus? Christianity? .

If Jesus died, he could NOT have been God.

Gods do not die? Do they?

If Jesus 'died' on Friday and 'undied' on Sunday, what else besides Saturday was sacrificed?

If Jesus died for our sins, there should not be any more sins, else why go through with it?.

If Jesus really DIED, he should be dead, dead, dead!