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NASB | Matthew 12:7 "But if you had known what this means, 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:7 "And if you had only known what this statement means, 'I DESIRE COMPASSION [for those in distress], AND NOT [animal] SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent. [Hos 6:6; Matt 9:13] |
Bible Question: HI DOC, CHURCH MEMBERS ARE OFTEN ENCOURAGED TO PRAY FOR ONE AND OYHER. IS THIS AN ACT OF INTERCESSION |
Bible Answer: Dear Robert, Yes, this would be a form of intercession. The word comes from the Latin, literally meaning to "go between." In the Greek it means to instrumentally secure by entreaty to an authority for someone underneath that authority. Thus, it always has to do with mediating between two parties. In the case of the church members, praying on their behalf (the first party) to God (the second party). You make entreaty to God for a brother. In Him, Doc |
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