Matthew 9:13

9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ¹  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 12:3

12:3 He ²  said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

Matthew 12:7

12:7 If ³  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ⁴  you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 21:16

21:16 and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?” ⁵ 

Matthew 21:42

21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:

‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ⁶ 

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ⁷ 

¹ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7).

² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁴ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 8:2.

⁶ tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.

⁷ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22-23.