Matthew 9:13

New Century Version

Go and learn what this means: ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.”

Cross References

Mark 2:17

Jesus heard this and said to them, “It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick. I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.”

Luke 19:10

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

Hosea 6:6

I want faithful love more than I want animal sacrifices. I want people to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

Luke 5:32

I have not come to invite good people but sinners to change their hearts and lives.”

Matthew 12:7

The Scripture says, ‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ You don’t really know what those words mean. If you understood them, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in doing what he promised—the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to be lost, but he wants all people to change their hearts and lives.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. Then the Lord will send the time of rest.

Acts 11:18

When the believers heard this, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing even other nations to turn to him and live.”

Matthew 3:2

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

Acts 5:31

Jesus is the One whom God raised to be on his right side, as Leader and Savior. Through him, all people could change their hearts and lives and have their sins forgiven.

Luke 24:47

and that a change of hearts and lives and forgiveness of sins would be preached in his name to all nations, starting at Jerusalem.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is 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 for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:8

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives.

Acts 20:21

I warned both Jews and Greeks to change their lives and turn to God and 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 rejected became the cornerstone. The Lord did this, and it is wonderful to us.’

Matthew 12:3

Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and the people with him were hungry?

Mark 12:26

Surely you have read what God said about people rising from the dead. In the book in which Moses wrote about the burning bush, it says that God told Moses, ‘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 in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.’

Matthew 12:5

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

Luke 10:26

Jesus said, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”

Mark 12:33

One must love God with all his heart, all his mind, and all his strength. And one must love his neighbor as he loves himself. These commands are more important than all the animals and sacrifices we offer to God.”

Luke 5:31

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