en_tn/mat/12/07.md

translationWords

• en:tw:condemn
• en:tw:lord
• en:tw:mercy
• en:tw:sacrifice
• en:tw:sonofman

translationNotes

• Jesus continues to defend his disciples when the Pharisees criticize them for picking grain to eat on the Sabbath.
• If you had known - "You do not know"
• you...you - the Pharisees
• **I desire mercy and not sacrifice ** - Sacrifices are good, but mercy is better. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hyperbole)
• what this meant - "what God said in the scripture"
• I desire - The pronoun "I" refers to God.