Matthew 9:13
"But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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- Mark 2:17
"When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Read in chapter → - Luke 19:10
"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 6:6
"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Read in chapter → - Luke 5:32
"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 12:7
"But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 1:13
"Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 21:3
"To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice."
Read in chapter → - 2 Peter 3:9
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
Read in chapter → - Micah 6:6
"Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 21:28
"But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard."
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