Matthew 12:7 · WEB
“But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.”
— Matthew 12:7
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Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
deciding
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narrative
Emotional genome
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Crisis relevance
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mercyjudgment
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