Matthew 9:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

Cross References

Mark 2:17

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

Hosea 6:6

Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.

Luke 5:32

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

Matthew 12:7

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

Proverbs 21:3

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

Acts 3:19

So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

Acts 11:18

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

Matthew 3:2

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

Acts 5:31

Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.

Luke 24:47

And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

Acts 2:38

And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

Matthew 3:8

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

Acts 20:21

Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

Matthew 12:3

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

Mark 12:26

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

John 10:34

In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods?

Matthew 19:4

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

Matthew 12:5

Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

Luke 10:26

And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

Mark 12:33

And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

Luke 5:31

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.