Luke 5:32 “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.””

Luke 5:32

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

American Standard Version

I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

I am not come to call righteous [persons], but sinful [ones] to repentance.

Young's Literal Translation

I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

Bible in Basic English

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

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Cross references

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

Luke 19:10 Luke 15:10 Luke 15:7 Acts 3:19 Luke 24:47 Acts 17:30

Luke 19:10 · BSB

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

Luke 15:10 · BSB

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

Luke 15:7 · BSB

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

Acts 3:19 · BSB

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Luke 24:47 · BSB

and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Acts 17:30 · BSB

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

Also

Matthew 18:10

Matthew 18:10 · BSB

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

33Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

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