Matthew 9:13 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹³ But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call [the ]righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice and sacrificial victims. For I came not to call and invite [to repentance] the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), but sinners (the erring ones and all those not free from sin). [Hos. 6:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Common English Bible

¹³ Go and learn what this means: I want mercy and not sacrifice. I didn’t come to call righteous people, but sinners.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ So then, go out and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the just, but sinners."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

Matthew 9:13 Cross References

Matthew 12:3

But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and those who were with him:

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

Matthew 12:7

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matthew 19:4

And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Matthew 3:2

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Mark 12:26

But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in connection with [the burning] bush [passage], how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

Mark 12:33

And to love Him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard it, He said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are ill. I did not come to call [the ]righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

Luke 10:26

He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read [it]?"

Luke 19:10

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

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Luke 5:31

Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.

Luke 5:32

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

John 10:34

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

Acts 11:18

And hearing these things, they remained silent, and [they] glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted even to the Gentiles repentance unto life."

Acts 2:38

Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20:21

solemnly bearing witness to both Jews and to Greeks, the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Acts 3:19

Repent therefore and turn back, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Acts 5:31

Him God has exalted to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord does not delay concerning His promise, as some reckon slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.