Fear God, Keep Your Vows

5 Walk ^(A)prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather ^(B)than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

^24 (A)leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

¹³ But go and learn what this means: ^(A)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, ^(B)but sinners, ^[a]to repentance.”

⁷ But if you had known what this means, ^(A)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

³³ And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, ^[a]with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, ^(A)is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”