Mark 3:4

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Yahweh says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices;

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

A dispute also arose among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.

For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.

Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”

But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so it was well, then. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.

Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.”

But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”

Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?”

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”

For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”

I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?” Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

But they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way about who was the greatest.

Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.

It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.