11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, (A)“Why does your teacher eat with (B)tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn (C)what this means: (D)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (E)I came not to call the righteous, (F)but sinners.”

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

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](B) For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6