Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Go

Matthew 12:3
But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,
Matthew 19:4
And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew 21:42
Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Matthew 22:31
But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
Mark 12:26
But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
Luke 10:26
And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?”
John 10:34
Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?

I will

Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Hosea 6:6
For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:6
With what shall I come to the Lord
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

To call

Matthew 18:11
[For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]
Mark 2:17
And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 15:3
So He told them this parable, saying,
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Romans 3:10
as it is written,
There is none righteous, not even one;
1 Corinthians 6:9
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,
1 Timothy 1:13
even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

General references

Matthew 18:11
[For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”