11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “(A)Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, It is not (B)those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Now go and learn [a](C)what this means: ‘(D)I desire [b]compassion, [c]rather than sacrifice,’ for (E)I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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  1. Matthew 9:13 Lit what is
  2. Matthew 9:13 Or mercy
  3. Matthew 9:13 Lit and not

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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  1. Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6