What does this realy means?

Question

When Jesus said mercy not sacrifice.

Answer 1

Jesus quotes Hosea 6:6 at Matthew 9:13 and 12:7. In both places, He rebukes those who falsely state that others do not deserve God's mercy.

At Matthew 9:13, He rebukes Pharisees who speak harshly of Him because He eats with "tax collectors and sinners." Jesus reminds them that it is the Father's good pleasure to forgive sins. Who are they to keep the Great Physician from the sick?

At Matthew 12:7, the Pharisees attempt to rebuke Jesus and His disciples for breaking the Sabbath by harvesting grain because they are hungry. Jesus reminds them of occasions where David broke the forth Commandment; He even highlights the fact that the Levite priests, performing their duties in the Temple, also break the Sabbath by working. Both were blameless because, again, it is God's good pleasure to give mercy to His children.

Because God prefers to show mercy, He also wishes us to show it to others. Mark 12:32-34 explains this relationahip of mercy to sacrifice very well:

32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

Peace.

Answer 2

Matthew 9:11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12 But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

In this instance Jesus was making a distinction between the legalistic religious people who thought that the way for a person to be made right in God's eyes was to follow the sacrificial system of atonement for sins instead of teaching people to live a life that was free from sin as He was doing.

Matthew 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath." 3 He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Again Jesus is drawing the distinction between legalism and salvation by grace through faith with the Holy Spirit who gives believers the knowledge and power to live a changed life.

Answer 3

He quotes Hosea 6:6. For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Echoed in Pslam 40:6 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

God would rather you show mercy to others than sacrifice animals on the altar.

Micah 6:8 says, "He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?"

Answer 4

Means you have to live with your mistakes- mistakes that will haunt your everyday. When you cross that line and take another's life there's no coming back to the hells your taken to. Ghandi had it right, too bad there was too much money to be had with violence!
It means the people supporting all the violence and wars are not really christian but evildoers that interpret what they want from the scriptures to make it work for them. Remember that politics started with kings who were once religious men. Power & greed wrote the bible as the modern world knows it, by intelligent men who knew The Mass' ignorance.Haven't you noticed that every war they create has a religious by-line or agenda? It's the only sure-fire way to get the money & support they need to kill millions of inocents- mostly their own men sent out to do their dirty work. "I pity the fool" Mr T.!

Answer 5

it means that god prefers that we treat others with mercy (not be judgemental or condem) over sacrificing materially to god

Answer 6

Can you cite the actual and complete verse?

Answer 7

where did you get it from or written

Answer 8

Maybe don't give a loved one up, ask, beg. I dunno.