Mark 2:17

Tree of Life Version

And when He heard this, Yeshua said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor, but those who are sick do. I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.”

Cross References

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, let us reason together,” says Adonai. “Though your sins be like scarlet, they will be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they will become like wool.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous one his thoughts, let him return to Adonai, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable—who can know it?

Matthew 18:10

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father in heaven.

Luke 15:10

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:29

But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look, so many years I’ve slaved away for you—not once did I ignore your order. Yet you’ve never given me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Luke 15:7

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one repenting sinner than over the ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”

Luke 16:15

But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”

Luke 19:10

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

John 9:34

They replied to him, “You were born completely in sin, and you’re teaching us?” And they threw him out.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard Him say this and asked, “We’re not blind too, are we?”

Acts 20:21

testifying to both Jewish and Greek people repentance to God and trust in our Lord Yeshua.

Acts 26:20

Rather, I kept declaring—first to those in Damascus, and then Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also the Gentiles—that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with that repentance.

Titus 2:14

He gave Himself for us so that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and so that He might purify for Himself a chosen people, zealous for good deeds.