Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the tzaddikim but chote'im (sinners) to teshuva (repentance).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

31And in reply, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to them, It is not the bariim who have need of a rofeh, but the cholim (sick persons);

33But they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Yochananʼs talmidim undergo tzomot (fasts) often and offer tefillos; likewise also the ones of the Perushim; but your talmidim eat and drink.

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the High and Exalted, 1 Shokhen Ad (the One Who abideth forever, i.e., Who inhabits eternity), Kadosh Shmo: 1 I dwell in marom v'kadosh (the high and holy place), 1 with him also that is of a contrite and lowly ruach, 1 to revive the ruach of the shefalim (humble, lowly ones) 1 and to revive the lev nidka'im (contrite of heart). 1

Mark 15:7Now there was the one being called Bar-Abba, who had been imprisoned with his fellow insurrectionists and who, at the time of the Mered (Revolt, Uprising), had committed retzach (murder).

Luke 4:18RUACH ADONAI HASHEM ALAI YAAN MASHACH ADONAI OTI LEVASER ANAVIM SHELACHANI LIKRO LISHVUYIM DEROR, (The Spirit of the Sovereign L-rd is upon me because He anointed me to preach Besuras HaGeulah to the poor, He has sent me to preach to the captives release), and to the blind PEKACH KOACH, VSHALACH RETZUTZIM CHAFSHIM, (the recovery of sight, to set the oppressed free), + 4:18 Isa 61:1-2; 58:6

Luke 15:10In the same way, I say to you, there is simcha in the presence of the malachim Hashem over one choteh (sinner) who becomes a baal teshuva.

Luke 19:10For the Bar Enosh + 19:10 Moshiach, Dan 7:13-14 came to seek and to save the lost. + 19:10 Ezek 34:12,16

Acts 2:38And Kefa said to them, Make teshuva (repentance, turning from chet to Hashem) and each of you submit to a tevilah of teshuva in the Shem of Yehoshua HaMoshiach, for the selichat avon of you, and you will receive the matanah of the Ruach Hakodesh.

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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