Luke 5:32
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
34 Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
- KJV
- I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- WEB
- I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
- ASV
- I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
- DARBY
- I am not come to call righteous [persons], but sinful [ones] to repentance.
- BLB
- I have not come to call righteous ones, but sinners, to repentance.”
- ÅB
- jeg er ikke kommet for å kalle rettferdige, men syndere til omvendelse.
- OTB
- Jeg er ikke kommet for å kalle rettferdige, men for å kalle syndere til omvendelse.»
- B1930
- jeg er ikke kommet for å kalle rettferdige, men syndere til omvendelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Read in contextLuke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Read in context1 Timothy 1:15–16
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
Read in contextLuke 15:7
In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
Read in contextActs 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Read in contextLuke 24:47
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Read in contextActs 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
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