Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not [only] sacrifice.' For I did not come to call righteous people [to be my followers] but sinners."
Matthew 11:29-30
Accept my reins [on your life], and learn about me, because I am gentle and humble, and [in my service] you will experience rest in your spirits.
Matthew 17:17
Jesus replied [to the crowd], "You perverse generation of faithless people! How long must I be with you [i.e., before you understand]? How long do I have to be patient with you? Bring the sick boy to me."
Matthew 23:37
"O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [you people] who murdered the prophets and stoned those who were sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather you people together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Luke 19:42
saying, "If [only] you people realized today those things which [could] lead [you] to peace! But now they are [being] hidden from your sight.
John 3:20
For every person who practices evil things hates the light [of truth] and does not come to it, for fear of having his deeds exposed [as sinful].
2 Peter 3:3
First of all, you should understand that, in the final days, mockers with evil desires will come [to you] saying, mockingly,
Revelation 22:17
And the Holy Spirit and the bride [i.e., the church. See 21:9] say, "Come!" And the person who hears [this] should say "Come." And the person who is [spiritually] thirsty should come; [and] whoever wants to should come and drink the water of life without having to pay for it.