Matthew 9:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.””
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“But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 9:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- Micah 6:6With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
- Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Matthew 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
- Matthew 4:17From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
- Matthew 12:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Matthew 12:5Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
- Matthew 12:7If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
- Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Matthew 21:28But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
- Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- Matthew 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
- Mark 2:17On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Mark 12:26But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
- Luke 5:32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
- Luke 10:26“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
- Luke 15:3Then Jesus told them this parable:
- Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- Luke 24:47and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- John 10:34Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
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