Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

8: The Chapter about the Thousands – 108
Worshipping those worthy is better than sacrifice
Ven. Sāriputta asked the Buddha to teach his nephew, who
slayed animals and tended the sacrificial fire, the true way to
the Brahmā world, and the Buddha gave the teaching in this
verse.
107. Yo ca vassasataṁ jantu aggiṁ paricare vane;
ekañ-ca bhāvitattānaṁ muhuttam-api pūjaye –
sā yeva pūjanā seyyo yañ-ce vassasataṁ hutaṁ.
One person might care for the fire
in the woods for a hundred years;
and one might worship someone with
developed self for a second –
that worship is surely better
than the hundred-year sacrifice.