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“A Better Sacrifice”

Matthew 9:9-13

“I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” — Jesus, quoting Hosea 6:6

Detective Work on a Biblical Idea

1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV) — “But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

Psalm 51:16-17 (NIV) — You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

Hosea 6:6 (NIV) — For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

What Is the that Jesus Seeks?

1. A Sacrifice of

Matthew 9:9 (NIV) — As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

2. A Sacrifice of

Matthew 9:12 (NIV) — On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”

Matthew 9:13 (NIV) — “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”