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I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
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And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
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And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.
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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
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Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.
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But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
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‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
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We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
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“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
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Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.
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But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
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Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
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Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
