Mat 9:12-13, 18:11, Luk 5:31-32, 19:10, 1Ti 1:15 | ISV | STEP | When Jesus heard that, he said, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

Matthew 9:12-13

12 When Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} heard that, he said, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do. 13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ^{▼▼Hos 6:6} For I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”Hos 6:6; Mic 6:6-8; Matt 12:7; 1Tim 1:15

Matthew 18:11

11 For the Son of Man came to save the lost.” ^{▼▼Other mss. lack this verse.}Esth 1:14; Ps 34:7; Zech 13:7; Luke 1:19; Heb 1:14

The Parable about a Lost Sheep Luke 15:3-7

Luke 5:31-32

31 But Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do. 32 I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance.”Matt 9:13; 1Tim 1:15

Luke 19:10

10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”Matt 10:6; 15:24; 18:11

1 Timothy 1:15

15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves complete acceptance: ^{▼▼This formula accompanied early Christian sayings on which full reliance could be placed.}Matt 9:13; Mark 2:17; Luke 5:32; 19:10; Rom 5:8; 1Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8; 1John 3:5

To this world Christ Jesus came,

Sinful people to reclaim. ^{▼▼Or save}

I am the worst of them.