Matthew 9:13

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You need to go and learn what this Scripture means: ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’ I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”

Cross References

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “It is the sick people who need a doctor, not those who are healthy. I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man came to find lost people and save them.”

Hosea 6:6

This is because I want faithful love, not sacrifice. I want people to know God, not to bring burnt offerings.

Luke 5:32

I have not come to ask good people to change. I have come to ask sinners to change the way they live.”

Matthew 12:7

The Scriptures say, ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’ You don’t really know what that means. If you understood it, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.

Proverbs 21:3

Do what is right and fair. The Lord loves that more than sacrifices.

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. He doesn’t want anyone to be lost. He wants everyone to change their ways and stop sinning.

Acts 3:19

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

Acts 11:18

When the Jewish believers heard this, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is also allowing even those who are not Jews to change their hearts so that they can have the life he gives!”

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”

Acts 5:31

Jesus is the one God honored by giving him a place at his right side. He made him our Leader and Savior. God did this to give all the people of Israel the opportunity to change and turn to God to have their sins forgiven.

Luke 24:47

You saw these things happen—you are witnesses. You must go and tell people that they must change and turn to God, which will bring them his forgiveness. You must start from Jerusalem and tell this message in my name to the people of all nations.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to tell people his message: “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, 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.

Matthew 3:8

Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed.

Acts 20:21

I told everyone—Jewish and non-Jewish people—to change and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Surely you have read this in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders refused to accept became the cornerstone. The Lord did this, and it is wonderful to us.’ Psalm 118:22-23

Matthew 12:3

Jesus said to them, “You have read what David did when he and those with him were hungry.

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, it says that God told Moses this: ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

John 10:34

Jesus answered, “It is written in your law that God said, ‘I said you are gods.’

Matthew 19:4

Jesus answered, “Surely you have read this in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.’

Matthew 12:5

And you have read in the Law of Moses that on every Sabbath day the priests at the Temple break the law about the Sabbath day. But they are not wrong for doing that.

Luke 10:26

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

Mark 12:33

And you must love God with all your heart, all your mind, and all your strength. And you must love others the same as you love yourself. These commands are more important than all the animals and sacrifices we offer to God.”

Luke 5:31

Jesus answered them, “It is the sick people who need a doctor, not those who are healthy.