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Luke 5:32
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:32 · Webster Bible
Luke 5:32 in other translations
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
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In context
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others that sat down with them.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering, said to them, They that are well need not a physician; but they that are sick.
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
34 And he said to them, Can ye make the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.
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