Luke 5:32

I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

In Context

31And Jesus answered arid said to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

33And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?

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Cross References

Mark 15:7And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with his fellow-insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted; to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; to set free the oppressed;

Luke 15:10So, I say to you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

Luke 19:10For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Acts 2:38And Peter said to them: Repent, and be immersed, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:28-39

The Call of Matthew; Watchfulness Inculcated. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering… Read the whole commentary →

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