Matthew 9:13

Matthew Called To Follow Jesus

¹² And [when he] heard [it], he said, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. ¹³ But go [and] learn what it means, "I want mercy and not sacrifice." For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." ¹⁴ Then the disciples of John approached him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

Be Merciful

Free from Sin

Have Mercy

In Me

Mercy and Not Sacrifice

Righteous One

With God

No

Sin

Hosea 6:6

Because I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Matthew 12:7

And if you had known what {it means}, 'I want mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Mark 2:17

And [when] Jesus heard [it], he said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Micah 6:6-8

With what shall I approach Yahweh, and bow down to God on high? Shall I approach him with burnt offerings, with bull calves a year old?

Matthew 3:2

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!"

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."

Proverbs 21:3

Doing righteousness and justice is [more] acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

Matthew 4:17

From that time [on], Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near."

Matthew 11:20-21

Then he began to reproach the towns in which the majority of his miracles had been done, because they did not repent:

Matthew 12:3

So he said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him,

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath and are guiltless?

Matthew 18:10-13

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly see the face of my Father [who is] in heaven.

Matthew 19:4

And he answered [and] said, "Have you not read that the one who created [them] from the beginning made them male and female

Matthew 21:28-32

"Now what do you think? A man had two sons. [He] approached the first [and] said, 'Son, go work in the vineyard today.'

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Matthew 22:31-32

Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, who said,

Mark 12:26

Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses {in the passage about the 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 do you read [it]?"

Luke 15:3-10

So he told them this parable, saying,

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost."

Luke 24:47

and repentance and the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 10:34

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

Acts 2:38

And Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be blotted out,

Acts 5:31

This one God has exalted to his right hand [as] Leader and Savior to grant repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 11:18

And [when they] heard these [things], they became silent and praised God, saying, "Then God has granted the repentance [leading] to life to the Gentiles also!"

Acts 17:30-31

Therefore [although] God has overlooked the times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks with respect to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 26:18-20

to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Romans 2:4-6

Or do you despise the wealth of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

Romans 3:10-24

just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive homosexual partners, nor dominant homosexual partners,

1 Timothy 1:13-16

[although I] was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

2 Timothy 2:25-26

correcting those who are opposed with gentleness, [seeing] whether perhaps God may grant them repentance to a knowledge of the truth,

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.