1. Matthew {9:13} 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.
2. Both the Baptist and Jesus were offering cleansing and redemption from sins by immersion........ for nothing! They were attracting flocks of people and cutting off funds from the Temple.
That's not an idea...... I've read about it.
Matthew 9:13 is a quote of the Tanakh. Surely you don't think the Tanakh is against sacrifice, do you?
In another place in Matthew, Jesus said :
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:17-20