Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the upright, but sinners ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal· to teshuvah ·complete repentance·.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

31+ 5:31 (31-32) MP: Messiah will act with righteousness. (Ps 45:7) Yeshua [Salvation] answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

33They said to him, “Why do John [Yah is gracious]’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees [Separated], but yours eat and drink?”

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, 2 whose name is Holy: 1 “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, 2 to revive the spirit of the humble, 2 and to revive the heart of the contrite. 1

Mark 15:7There was one called Bar-Abba [Son Father], bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

Luke 4:18+ 4:18 (context 4:16-22) MP: Heals the blind both physically and spiritually, both Jew or Gentile, removing them from darkness as a prison. (See also Is 9:1-2, 49:6b). (Is 42:7 (context 42:5-9)) + 4:18 (18-21) MP: Messiah’s ministry includes preaching the good news to those afflicted and binding the broken hearted. (Is 61:1-2) “The Ruach of MarYah [Spirit, Breath of Master Yahweh] is on me, 2 because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. 1 He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, 2 to proclaim release to the captives, + 4:18. Quoted from Is 58:6 2 recovering of sight to the blind, 2 to deliver those who are crushed, 2

Luke 15:10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal· making teshuvah ·complete repentance·.”

Luke 19:10+ 19:10. MP: Messiah brings salvation. (Zech 9:9d) For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

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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