MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 9:13 I desire mercy, and not sacrifice is a quotation from Hosea 6:6 (see note). “Sacrifice” here refers to keeping religious rituals. “Mercy” translates the idea of covenant faithfulness, which should have led the Pharisees to care for these sinners as Jesus did.

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