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

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General references

Matthew 18:11

Luke 15:1

Luke 19:10

Bible References

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"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "what David did, when he and his companions were hungry--

"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'

Then Jesus added: "Have you never read in the Scriptures?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised--Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, And is marvelous in our eyes.'

As to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read these words of God--

As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus--'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

"What is said in the Law?" answered Jesus. "What do you read there?"

"Are there not," replied Jesus, "these words in your Law--'I said "Ye are gods"'?

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OMITTED TEXT

Hearing this, Jesus said: "It is not those who are in health that need a doctor, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast."

I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent."

So Jesus told them this parable--

The Son of Man has come to 'search for those who are lost' and to save them."

As Scripture says-'There is not even one who is righteous,

Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God's Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,

though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;

General references

OMITTED TEXT

The tax-gatherers and the outcasts were all drawing near to Jesus to listen to him;

The Son of Man has come to 'search for those who are lost' and to save them."