You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.

Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.