Mateo 12:7

7 Ustedes no habrían condenado a mis discípulos —quienes son inocentes— si conocieran el significado de la Escritura que dice: “Quiero que tengan compasión, no que ofrezcan sacrificios”
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Mateo 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.

Mateo 12:7 In-Context

5 ¿Y no han leído en la ley de Moisés que los sacerdotes de turno en el templo pueden trabajar en el día de descanso?

6 Les digo, ¡aquí hay uno que es superior al templo!

7 Ustedes no habrían condenado a mis discípulos —quienes son inocentes— si conocieran el significado de la Escritura que dice: “Quiero que tengan compasión, no que ofrezcan sacrificios”
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8 Pues el Hijo del Hombre
es Señor,
¡incluso del día de descanso!

9 Jesús sana en el día de descanso
Luego Jesús entró en la sinagoga de ellos,