Matthew 23:23-24

The letter of the law kills any hope for man but Jesus came with shouts of grace, grace and peace to the people of earth! 

Mercy overcame justice by the great agape love of God for His creation.

Be fair 

Forgive easily and

walk humbly with your God!

Jesus criticizes the religious leaders for paying meticulous attention to tiny details while disregarding the law’s true heart. Faithlife Bible.

The scribes and Pharisees were meticulous about tithing tiny seeds, but they failed to be obedient in more significant matters such as ensuring that all their actions were governed by justice and mercy and faith. Jesus was exaggerating a point to illustrate how much the Pharisees had neglected justice, mercy, and faith. NKJ Bible.

Matthew 23:23–24 (NKJV)

²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. ²⁴ Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Luke 11:42 (NKJV)

⁴² “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

Hosea 6:6 (NKJV)

⁶ For I desire mercy and not sacrifice,

And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Micah 6:8 (NKJV)

⁸ He has shown you, O man, what is good;

And what does the Lord require of you

But to do justly,

To love mercy,

And to walk humbly with your God?