13But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners.


In Context

10 And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples.

11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?

12 But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

13 But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners.

14 Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?

15 And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:13But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:13But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:13Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:13But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:13But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:13But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:13But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:13but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:13But go you and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.