17 In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right,
    until someone comes forward and cross-examines.

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17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

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17 The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him.

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13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a](A) For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(B)

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  1. Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6

13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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13 But go and learn what this means: (A)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, (B)but sinners, [a]to repentance.”

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  1. Matthew 9:13 NU omits to repentance