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

12 Now when he heard this, he said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.(B) 13 Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.[a](C) For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:13 Hs 6:6
  2. 9:13 Other mss add to repentance

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