Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means – ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice’; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”

Open English Bible (US)

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

12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill.

14Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast while your disciples do not?”

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Cross References

Micah 6:6With what should I come before the Lord? Bow myself before the God on high? Should I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?

Matthew 3:8Let your life, then, prove your repentance;

Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been done, because they had not repented,

Matthew 12:5And haven’t you read in the law that, on the Sabbath, the priest in the Temple break the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

Matthew 18:10Beware of despising one of these little ones, for in heaven, I tell you, 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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