Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” 1 The Question About Fasting

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

14Then the disciples of John approached Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

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Cross References

Matthew 3:8Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

Matthew 11:20Then He began to reproach the cities in which His very many miracles had been done, because they did not repent:

Matthew 12:5Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

Matthew 18:10“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:10-14

Matthew Called. 9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a… Read the whole commentary →

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