Mǎtaìfúyīn 12:7

7 Wǒ xǐaì liánxù , bù xǐaì jìsì . nǐmen ruò míngbai zhè huà de yìsi , jiù bù jiāng wú zuì de , dàng zuò yǒu zuì de le .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 12:7

But if ye had known what this meaneth,
&c,] The passage of Scripture in ( 6:6 )

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice;
of the sense of which, (See Gill on Matthew 9:13)

ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Our Lord taxes the Pharisees both with ignorance of the Scriptures, in which they pretended to be very knowing, and took upon them to be the interpreters of; and with inhumanity, for condemning innocent persons, the apostles, for rubbing a few ears of corn, for the refreshment of nature; which they would never have done, had they understood the word, and will of God; who prefers acts of humanity, compassion, and mercy, to the observance of rites and ceremonies; or had they the common affections of human nature, and those bowels of compassion which one man ought to show to another.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 12:7 In-Context

5 Zaìzhĕ , lǜfǎ shang suǒ jì de , dāng ānxīrì , jìsī zaì diàn lǐ fàn le ānxīrì , háishì méiyǒu zuì , nǐmen méiyǒu niàn guo ma .

6 Dàn wǒ gàosu nǐmen , zaì zhèlǐ yǒu yī rén bǐ diàn gèng dà .

7 Wǒ xǐaì liánxù , bù xǐaì jìsì . nǐmen ruò míngbai zhè huà de yìsi , jiù bù jiāng wú zuì de , dàng zuò yǒu zuì de le .

8 Yīnwei Rénzǐ shì ānxīrì de zhǔ .

9 Yēsū líkāi nà dìfang , jìn le yī ge gōngtáng .