Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance."
A Conservative Version
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
American Standard Version
I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
I did not come to call those who are doing right to repent [i.e., to change their hearts and lives], but [only those who are] sinners."
Anderson New Testament
I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.
Common New Testament
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Daniel Mace New Testament
I came not to call saints, but sinners to repentance. Then they ask'd him, how comes it that John's disciples,
Darby Translation
I am not come to call righteous persons, but sinful ones to repentance.
Godbey New Testament
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Goodspeed New Testament
I have not come to invite the pious but the irreligious to repentance!"
John Wesley New Testament
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Julia Smith Translation
I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.
King James 2000
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
Modern King James verseion
I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I came not to call the righteous: but the sinners to repentance."
Moffatt New Testament
I have not come to call just men but sinners to repentance."
Montgomery New Testament
I am not come to call the righteous but sinners, to repentance."
NET Bible
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
New Heart English Bible
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Noyes New Testament
I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.
Sawyer New Testament
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to a change of mind.
The Emphasized Bible
I have not come to call, righteous, men, but, sinners, unto repentance.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent."
Webster
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Weymouth New Testament
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners."
Williams New Testament
It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."
World English Bible
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Worrell New Testament
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Worsley New Testament
but sinners to repentance.
Youngs Literal Translation
I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 5:32
Images Luke 5:32
Prayers for Luke 5:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Levi Called To Follow Jesus
31 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill. 32 I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins. 33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.
Cross References
Luke 15:7
I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.
Luke 15:10
Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.
Luke 24:47
And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
Acts 5:31
Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Isaiah 57:15
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Matthew 18:10
Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
Mark 15:7
And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.
Mark 15:10
For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.
Luke 4:18-19
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
Luke 18:10-14
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.
Acts 3:19
So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;
Acts 3:26
To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.
Acts 17:30
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
Acts 20:21
Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:18-20
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
1 Timothy 1:15-16
It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:
2 Timothy 2:25-26
Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.