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


In Context

10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples.

11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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

14 Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

15 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:13But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners.

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.