Matthew 9:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹But go ye and learn what› [that] ‹meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πορευθέντες δὲ μάθετε τί ἐστιν, Ἔλεον θέλω, καὶ οὐ θυσίαν: οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν.

Transliteration

But having poreuthentes mathete what estin, Eleon I thelō, and not thysian: for not ēlthon to kalesai dikaious, but hamartōlous to metanoian.

Grammar Details

• *poreuthentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having gone
• *mathete*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - learn
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *Eleon*: accusative, masculine, singular - mercy
• *thelō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I want/desire
• *thysian*: accusative, feminine, singular - sacrifice
• *ēlthon*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I came
• *kalesai*: aorist active infinitive - to call
• *dikaious*: accusative, masculine, plural - righteous ones
• *hamartōlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - sinners
• *metanoian*: accusative, feminine, singular - repentance

Word Meanings

• *poreuthentes*: having gone/departing/proceeding
• *mathete*: learn/understand
• *Eleon*: mercy/compassion
• *thelō*: I want/desire/wish
• *thysian*: sacrifice/offering
• *kalesai*: to call/invite/summon
• *dikaious*: righteous ones/just ones
• *metanoian*: repentance/change of mind

Referenced Verses

• Matt 12:7 : 7 ‹But if ye had known what› [this] ‹meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.›
• Mark 2:17 : 17 When Jesus heard [it], he saith unto them, ‹They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.›
• Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Prov 21:3 : 3 ¶ To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• Luke 19:10 : 10 ‹For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.›
• Luke 5:32 : 32 ‹I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.›
• Mic 6:6-8 : 6 ¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn [for] my transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• 1 Tim 1:13-16 : 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 ¶ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
• Matt 21:28-32 : 28 ¶ ‹But what think ye? A› [certain] ‹man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.› 29 ‹He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.› 30 ‹And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I› [go], ‹sir: and went not.› 31 ‹Whether of them twain did the will of› [his] ‹father?› They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.› 32 ‹For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen› [it], ‹repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.›
• Matt 12:3 : 3 But he said unto them, ‹Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;›
• 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 ¶ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• Luke 15:3-9 : 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 ‹What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?› 5 ‹And when he hath found› [it], ‹he layeth› [it] ‹on his shoulders, rejoicing.› 6 ‹And when he cometh home, he calleth together› [his] ‹friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.› 7 ‹I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.› 8 ‹Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find› [it]? 9 ‹And when she hath found› [it], ‹she calleth› [her] ‹friends and› [her] ‹neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.› 10 ‹Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.›
• Mark 12:26 : 26 ‹And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I› [am] ‹the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?›
• Matt 3:8 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
• Rom 3:10-24 : 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips: 14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery [are] in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19 ¶ Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
• Acts 20:21 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 26:18-20 : 18 ‹To open their eyes,› [and] ‹to turn› [them] ‹from darkness to light, and› [from] ‹the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.› 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
• 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 26 And [that] they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
• Rom 2:4-6 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
• Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 5:31 : 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
• Acts 17:30-31 : 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Matt 18:10-13 : 10 ‹Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.› 11 ‹For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.› 12 ‹How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?› 13 ‹And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that› [sheep], ‹than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.›
• Matt 19:4 : 4 And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›
• Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus saith unto them, ‹Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?›
• Matt 22:31-32 : 31 ‹But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,› 32 ‹I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.›
• Luke 10:26 : 26 He said unto him, ‹What is written in the law? how readest thou?›
• Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‹Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.›
• Matt 11:20-21 : 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 21 ‹Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.›
• Matt 12:5 : 5 ‹Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?›
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Luke 24:47 : 47 ‹And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.›
• John 10:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, ‹Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?›