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For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Mercy: sincere piety. verse 4.—Sacrifice. They had offered many. Calmet. 5:6. Calmet.—“My victims are the salvation of the faithful, and the conversion of sinners.” Saint Jerome—Knowledge, of a practical nature, which was deficient. Calmet. 4:6 and 6:4. Calmet.
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