32I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'


In Context

29 And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),

30 and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, 'Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'

31 And Jesus answering said unto them, 'They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:

32 I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

33 And they said unto him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications — in like manner also those of the Pharisees — but thine do eat and drink?'

34 And he said unto them, 'Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber — in the bridegroom being with them — to fast?

Luke 5:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:32I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:32I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:32I am not come to call righteous persons, but sinful ones to repentance.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:32I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.|