Matthew 9:13

English Standard Version 2016

Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Cross References

Mark 2:17

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Luke 19:10

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

Hosea 6:6

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Luke 5:32

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

Matthew 12:7

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

Proverbs 21:3

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

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Acts 3:19

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Acts 11:18

When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

Matthew 3:2

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Acts 5:31

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Luke 24:47

and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Acts 2:38

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:8

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Matthew 12:3

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

Mark 12:26

And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

John 10:34

Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?

Matthew 19:4

He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

Luke 10:26

He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”

Mark 12:33

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

Luke 5:31

And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.