Matthew 9:13

Jesus quotes Hosea, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' and declares he came to call sinners. God prizes a merciful heart over mere ritual.

Cross-references · 37

• Mark 2:17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
• Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
• Hos 6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Luke 5:32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
• Matt 12:7But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
• 1 Tim 1:13–16although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• Prov 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
• 2 Pet 3:9The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
• Mic 6:6–8How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
• Matt 21:28–32But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
• 1 Cor 6:9–11Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
• Acts 3:19“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
• Acts 11:18When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”
• Matt 3:2“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
• Isa 55:6–7Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
• Matt 18:10–13See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
• Rom 2:4–6Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
• Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
• Rom 3:10–24As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
• Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Matt 4:17From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
• Acts 26:18–20to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
• Acts 2:38Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Matt 3:8Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
• 2 Tim 2:25–26in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
• Luke 15:3–10He told them this parable.
• Acts 17:30–31The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
• Matt 21:42Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’
• Matt 12:3But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
• Acts 20:21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
• Mark 12:26But about the dead, that they are raised; haven’t you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
• Matt 12:5Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
• Matt 11:20–21Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent.
• Matt 22:31–32But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
• John 10:34Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’
• Matt 19:4He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
• Luke 10:26He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

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