Having first spoken in accordance with common opinion, He now addresses them out of Scripture, saying, “Go ye, and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice.”
Jerome, Hosea 6:5: This text from Osee is directed against the Scribes and Pharisees, who, deeming themselves righteous, refused to keep company with Publicans and sinners.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).