Luke 5:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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  • Luke 15:7 : 7 I say to you, that likewise there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
  • Acts 5:31 : 31 Him God has exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 To you first, God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
  • Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter said to them, 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying to Jews, and also to 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 to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the 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 you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 1 Tim 1:15-16 : 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
  • 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
  • Luke 18:10-14 : 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
  • Mark 15:7 : 7 And there was one named Barabbas, who was bound with those who had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
  • Mark 15:10 : 10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him because of envy.
  • Luke 4:18-19 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

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    9And as Jesus passed from there, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the tax office: and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

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    29And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house; and there was a great company of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.

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    3I tell you, No: but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.

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