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Heart Over Ritual
Jesus quotes Hosea 6:6 (“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice”) to teach a profound truth. Commentators explain this is not a rejection of worship, but a declaration that God prioritizes genuine compassion over mere external religious acts. Jesus’s mission to save sinners was an act of mercy that outweighed the Pharisees' concerns about ceremonial purity, reminding believers that the heart of faith is love in action.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 9:13
18th Century
Theologian
But go ye and learn, etc. To reprove them, and to vindicate his own conduct, he appealed to a passage of Scripture with which they ought t…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 9:13
But go ye and learn (πορευθεντες δε μαθετε). With biting sarcasm Jesus bids these preachers to learn the meaning of Ho 6:6. It is …
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 9:13
19th Century
Preacher
But go you and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 9:13
These verses again connect Jesus’ healing ministry with his “healing” of sinners (). The sick need a doctor and Jesus heals them; likewise the sinf…
John Calvin
On Matthew 9:13
16th Century
Theologian
But rather go and learn. He dismisses and orders them to depart, because He saw that they were obstinate and unwilling to learn. Or rather…
John Gill
On Matthew 9:13
17th Century
Pastor
But go you and learn what that means
(dmlw au) , "go and learn", is a phrase used by the…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 9:10–13
17th Century
Minister
Some time after his call, Matthew sought to bring his old associates to hear Christ. He knew by experience what the grace of Christ could do, and w…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 9:9–13
13th Century
Philosopher
Here, the conversion of sinners is firstly related; and secondly, the dispute of the Pharisees is related, where it is said, And the Ph…