## 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.