Matthew 9:13

Go then, and learn what is said, “I require mercy and not sacrifice:” for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

12But Jesus hearing it, said unto them, They who are in the vigour of health have no need of the physician, but they who have illness.

14Then came unto him disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees keep many fasts, but thy disciples fast not?

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Cross References

Matthew 3:8Produce then worthy fruits of repentance:

Matthew 11:20Then began he to upbraid the cities in which the chief of his miracles had been wrought, because they repented not:

Matthew 12:5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are not culpable?

Matthew 18:10See that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you, That their angels in heaven continually behold 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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