The guiltless (τους αναιτιους). So in verse 5. Common in ancient Greek. No real ground against, it means αν + αιτιος. Jesus quotes…

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice — A third argument follows from the Old Testament (Hosea 6:6). The teachers or interprete…

Our Lord had galled the Pharisees by saying twice, Have ye not read? Did He imagine that they had left any part of the Psalms or Law unrea…

Glossa Ordinaria: After relating the preaching along with the miracles of one year before John's inquiry, He moves on to those…

Again (cf. v.3) Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for their failure to understand the Scriptures (cf. Jn 5:39), particularly Hos 6:6 (cf. 9:13). Jesus cl…

But if you knew—this third argument is also mentioned by Matthew alone. Christ indirectly reproves the Pharisees for not consider…

But if you had known what this means ,
&c,] The passage of Scripture in (6:6)

I will have mercy, …

Being in the corn-fields, the disciples began to pluck the ears of corn; the law of God allowed it (Deuteronomy 23:25). This was slende…