Pointing to an important aspect of God's thinking, Jesus concluded his argument with another meaningful quote from the Hebrew Scriptures: "If you had understood what this means, 'I want mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless ones.
Yesu u gimete mhaka yakwe leyi khorwisaka hi ku tshaha ebukwini ya Hosiya, a ku: "Loko mi twisise nhlamuselo ya marito lama nge, 'Ndzi lava tintswalo, ku nga ri xitlhavelo,' a mi ta va mi nga va gwevanga lava pfumalaka nandzu."