Matthew 9:13 - Tree of Life Version

¹³ Now go and learn what this means: ‘Mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.’ For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but the sinful.”

More versions

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

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Adonai than sacrifice.

Hosea 6:6

For I delight in loyalty and not sacrifice, knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 12:3

But He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he became hungry, and those with him?

Matthew 12:5

Or haven’t you read in the Torah that on Shabbat the kohanim in the Temple break Shabbat and yet are innocent?

Matthew 12:7

If you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 19:4

“Haven’t you read?” He answered. “He who created them from the beginning ‘made them male and female’

Matthew 21:42

Yeshua said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures? ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the chief cornerstone. This came from Adonai, and it is marvelous in our eyes.’

Matthew 3:2

“Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance;

Matthew 4:17

From then on, Yeshua began to proclaim, “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Mark 12:26

But concerning the dead being raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses about the burning bush? How God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

Mark 12:33

And ‘to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love the neighbor as oneself,’ is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Mark 2:17

And when He heard this, Yeshua said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor, but those who are sick do. I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.”

Luke 10:26

Then Yeshua said to him, “What has been written in the Torah? How do you read it?”

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke 24:47

and that repentance for the removal of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Luke 5:31

And Yeshua answered and said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor, but those who are sick do.

Luke 5:32

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

John 10:34

Yeshua answered them, “Isn’t it written in your Writings, ‘I have said you are gods’?

Acts 11:18

When they heard this they became quiet, and they glorified God, saying, “Then even to the Gentiles God has granted repentance leading to life!”

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and let each of you be immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua for the removal of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.

Acts 20:21

testifying to both Jewish and Greek people repentance to God and trust in our Lord Yeshua.

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and return—so your sins might be blotted out,

Acts 5:31

This One God exalted at His right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and removal of sins.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather, He is being patient toward you—not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.