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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.

But {G1161} go ye {G4198} and learn {G3129} what {G5101} that meaneth {G2076}, I will {G2309} have mercy {G1656}, and {G2532} not {G3756} sacrifice {G2378}: for {G1063} I am {G2064} not {G3756} come {G2064} to call {G2564} the righteous {G1342}, but {G235} sinners {G268} to {G1519} repentance {G3341}.

As for you, go and learn what this means: `I want compassion rather than animal-sacrifices.' For I didn't come to call the `righteous,' but sinners!"

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

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Cross-References

  • Mark 2:17 (270 votes)

    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.

  • Luke 19:10 (197 votes)

    For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • Hosea 6:6 (162 votes)

    For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

  • Luke 5:32 (145 votes)

    I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  • Matthew 12:7 (122 votes)

    But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

  • 1 Timothy 1:13 (115 votes)

    Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.

  • 1 Timothy 1:16 (115 votes)

    Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.