Matthew 9:13

You should go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous to repent, but sinners.”

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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 this, he said, “People who are strong in body do not need a physician, only those who are sick.

14Then the disciples of John came to him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

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Cross References

Isaiah 55:6Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call on him while he is nearby. 1

Micah 6:6What should I bring to Yahweh, 1 as I bow down to the high God? 1 Should I come to him with burnt offerings, 1 with calves a year old? 1

Matthew 3:8Bear fruit worthy of repentance.

Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to rebuke the cities in which most of his mighty deeds were done, because they had not repented.

Matthew 12:5Have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath but are guiltless?

Matthew 18:10See that you do not despise any of these little ones. For I say to you that in heaven their angels always look on 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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