Matthew 9:11-13

11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 11:19; Luke 5:30; Luke 15:2; Luke 19:7; Galatians 2:15
• 2. Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:6-8; Matthew 12:7
• 3. Luke 19:10; 1 Timothy 1:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Hosea 6:6