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Matthew 12:7
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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This chapter in the commentary 1 Nephi 18 — The Ship, the Bound Prophet, and the Sea That Obeys the Compass 3 Nephi 7 — The Dog to His Vomit — A Nation Shattered into Tribes and a Prophet in the Ruins 3 Nephi 14 — By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them — Doing the Sayings, Not Only Hearing Them Alma 12 — The Plan of Redemption Made Known — Mysteries According to Heed and Diligence, the Fall, and the Second Death Alma 14 — The Lord Receiveth Them Up Unto Himself — The Martyrdom of the Innocents, the Mocking Priests, and the Collapse of the Prison Walls Alma 15 — Believest Thou in the Power of Christ unto Salvation — Zeezrom Healed, Amulek Forsakes All, and the Quiet Restoration at Sidom Alma 18 — Is It a Man? — Lamoni's Great-Spirit Question, Ammon's Pedagogical Bridge from Creation to Christ, and the King Overcome unto Falling-as-Dead Alma 19 — The Light of the Everlasting Life Was Lit Up in His Soul — The Queen's Greater Faith, Abish the Long-Hidden Witness, and the Conversion of Lamoni's Household Alma 30 — Korihor — The Anatomy of Unbelief, and the Sign That Was Not Mercy Alma 39 — Cross Yourself in All These Things — Alma's Charge to Corianton Helaman 9 — Blood on the Skirts of His Cloak — The Seer and the Hidden Murder Helaman 16 — Some Things They May Have Guessed Right — The Reasonings of Unbelief Jacob 7 — Sherem the Anti-Christ — Jacob's Final Confrontation, the Sign Demanded, and the Wandering People Mosiah 3 — The Angel's Message — Jesus Christ Named, Blood from Every Pore, and the Natural Man Mosiah 9 — Zeniff's Confession — Over-Zealous to Inherit, Snared by a Cunning King, Delivered by the God Who Hears Mosiah 13 — Abinadi's Face Shines — The Decalogue Finished, the Law as Schoolmaster, and the God Himself Who Shall Come Down Mosiah 17 — Abinadi Sealed by Fire — Alma Believes, the Word Is Hidden Away, the Prophet Dies as the Type He Named Himself to Be Mosiah 27 — The Angel, the Three Days of Death-Like Sleep, and the Born-Again — Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah Converted, the Earth Trembling, the Soul Redeemed from the Gall of Bitterness Doctrine and Covenants 63 — Signs Follow Faith 2 Chronicles 15 — The God Who Is Found — Azariah's Word to Asa, the Covenant to Seek with the Whole Heart, and the Courage to Reform One's Own House Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Matthew 12:7 in context .