Mark 2:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

Jesus, having heard this, said to them: "The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who have maladies do. For I came not to call the just, but sinners."

Cross References

Isaiah 1:18

And then approach and accuse me, says the Lord. Then, if your sins are like scarlet, they shall be made white like snow; and if they are red like vermillion, they shall become white like wool.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?

Matthew 18:10

See to it that you do not despise even one of these little ones. For I say to you, that their Angels in heaven continually look upon the face of my Father, who is in heaven.

Luke 15:10

So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant."

Luke 15:29

And in response, he said to his father: 'Behold, I have been serving you for so many years. And I have never transgressed your commandment. And yet, you have never given me even a young goat, so that I might feast with my friends.

Luke 15:7

I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them: "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of men. But God knows your hearts. For what is lifted up by men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost."

John 9:34

They responded and said to him, "You were born entirely in sins, and you would teach us?" And they cast him out.

John 9:40

And certain Pharisees, who were with him, heard this, and they said to him, "Are we also blind?"

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Gentiles about repentance in God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:20

But I preached, first to those who are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and then to the entire region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, so that they would repent and convert to God, doing the works that are worthy of repentance.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for our sake, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse for himself an acceptable people, pursuers of good works.