Matthew 9:13

Easy To Read Version

I will tell you something. Go and learn what it means: ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’ {\cf2\super [106]} I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”

Cross References

Proverbs 21:3

Do the things that are right and fair. The Lord loves that better than sacrifices.

Hosea 6:6

Why? Because I want faithful love,\par not sacrifice,\par \{I want people\} to know God,\par not \{to bring\} burnt offerings.\par

Matthew 12:3

Jesus said to them, “You have read what David {\cf2\super [153]} did when he and the people with him were hungry.

Matthew 12:5

And you have read in the law \{of Moses\} that on every Sabbath day {\cf2\super [154]} the priests at the temple {\cf2\super [155]} break the law about the Sabbath day. But the priests are not wrong for doing that.

Matthew 12:7

The Scripture {\cf2\super [156]} says, ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’ {\cf2\super [157]} You don’t really know what those words mean. If you understood those words, then you would not judge those people that have done nothing wrong.

Matthew 19:4

Jesus answered, “Surely you have read this \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [258]} \}: When God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.’ {\cf2\super [259]}

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Surely you have read this in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [300]} :

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon.”

Matthew 3:8

You must do the things that show that you have really changed your hearts and lives.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to tell people \{what God wanted\}. This is what he said: “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon.”

Mark 12:26

Surely you have read what God said about people rising from death. In the book where Moses wrote about the \{burning\} bush, {\cf2\super [163]} it says that God told Moses this: ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. {\cf2\super [164]} ’ {\cf2\super [165]}

Mark 12:33

And a person must love God with all his heart, all his mind, and all his strength. And a person must love other people the same as he loves himself. These commands are more important than all the animals and sacrifices we offer to God.”

Mark 2:17

Jesus heard this, and he said to them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor. It is the sick people that need a doctor. I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”

Luke 10:26

Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?”

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man {\cf2\super [299]} came to find lost people and save them.”

Luke 5:31

Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor. It is the sick people that need a doctor.

Luke 5:32

I have not come to ask good people to change. I have come to ask bad people to change their hearts and lives!”

John 10:34

Jesus answered, “It is written in your law, ‘I (God) said you are gods.’ {\cf2\super [170]}

Acts 11:18

When the Jewish believers heard these things, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing the non-Jewish people to change their hearts and have life the same as us!”

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, {\cf2\super [42]} each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Then God will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [43]}

Acts 20:21

I told all people—Jewish people and Greek (non-Jewish) people—to change their hearts and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God and he will forgive your sins.

Acts 5:31

Jesus is the One that God raised to his right side. God made Jesus our Leader and Savior. God did this so that all Jews can change their hearts and lives. Then God can forgive their sins.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not being slow in doing what he promised—the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. God doesn’t want any person to be lost. God wants every person to change his heart and stop sinning.