Is more ( περισσότερόν)—according to the most approved reading, more—than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. This scribe was evidently emerging out of the bondage of ceremonial things, and perceiving the supremacy of the moral law.
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Mark 12:33
Mark 12:33
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