2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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Jesus continues to defend his disciples when the Pharisees criticize them for picking grain to eat on the Sabbath.
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## If you had known ##
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"You do not know"
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## you...you ##
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the Pharisees
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## I desire mercy and not sacrifice ##
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Sacrifices are good, but mercy is better. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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## what this meant ##
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"what God said in the scripture"
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## I desire ##
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The pronoun "I" refers to God.
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