Matthew 9:13

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.

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John 10:34

To call

General references

Matthew 18:11

Luke 15:1

Luke 19:10

Bible References

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And he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him?

But he replying, said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who created them from the beginning, created them male and female?

Jesus saith unto them, Have ye not read in the Scriptures, "The stone, which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner; this is done by the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes."

But with respect to the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you of God, saying,

But concerning the dead, that they do rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how God spake to him at the bush, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

And he said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest thou?

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, "I said ye are gods?"

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For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

And when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They who are in strong health have no need of a physician, but they who have illness: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.

Then spake he unto them this parable, saying,

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

as it is written, "There is not a just person, no not one:

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolently violent, But I was admitted to mercy, for I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

General references

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

THEN drew nigh unto him all the tax-farmers and the sinners to hear him.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.