Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what that is: I require compassion, and not a sacrifice! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

12And as Jesus heard it, he said to them: They who are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are very sick.

14Then came to him the disciples of John, and said: Why do we and the Pharisees fast much and thy disciples fast not?

Read all of Matthew 9

Cross References

Matthew 3:8Bring forth the fruits therefore, that accord with repentance.

Matthew 11:20Then began Jesus to reproach the cities, in which his many deeds of power were wrought, yet they repented not.

Matthew 12:5Or have ye not read in the law, how that in the temple the priests profane the sabbath, and are without fault?

Matthew 18:10See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their angels in heaven, at all times, are beholding 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 9:13