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Matthew 9:10-13
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While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.
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When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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On hearing this, Jesus said,
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
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But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’
[a]
For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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1.
Matthew 11:19
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Luke 5:30
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Luke 15:2
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Luke 19:7
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Galatians 2:15
2.
Hosea 6:6
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Micah 6:6-8
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Matthew 12:7
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Luke 19:10
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1 Timothy 1:15
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Hosea 6:6
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