Matthew 12:7-8

12:7 If ¹  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ²  you would not have condemned the innocent. 12:8 For the Son of Man is lord ³  of the Sabbath.”

[12:7]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:7]  ² sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

[12:8]  ³ tn The term “lord” is in emphatic position in the Greek text.