Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 12:7 But if ye had known what [this] meaneth. They ought to have known, for they professed to be interpreters of the law. I will have mercy, and not sacrifice. The argument is that mercy toward these hungering disciples was more acceptable to God than sacrifices at the altar, though sacrifice was the crown of the Jewish rites. The quotation is from Hosea 6:6, and is also quoted in Matthew 9:13. It shows that all our forms, rites and ceremonies are worthless before God unless we have kind and merciful hearts.
Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Matthew 12:7:
Matthew 12:7
Mark 2:23
Luke 6:1-5
Luke 6:6-11
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