Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, "The stone which the builders rejected, this One has become the head of the corner; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?"

But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

And as regards the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses how God spoke to him in the Bush, saying, "I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?"

He said to him, What is written in the Law? How do you read it?

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

I will

To do justice and judgment is more pleasing to Jehovah than sacrifice.

For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

To call

For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

When Jesus heard, He said to them, They who are strong have no need of a physician, but the ones who have illness. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.

And He spoke this parable to them, saying,

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

as it is written: "There is none righteous, no not one;

Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals,

the one who before was a blasphemer and a persecutor and insolent. But I obtained mercy, because being ignorant, I did it in unbelief.

General references

For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

And all the tax-collectors and sinners drew near to Him in order to hear Him.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.