Matthew 12:7 But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. Rabbi Tanchum was once asked if it were lawful to extinguish a candle on the Sabbath, when it inconvenienced a sick man. Said he, "A candle is an earthly light, man's soul a heavenly light." Is it not better to extinguish an earthly than a heavenly light? (Talmud.) Parallel Verses KJV: But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. |
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