Mat 9:13 | TNotes | STEP | 9:13 I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices: God’s desire is applied to the question of table fellowship with sinners; Jesus’ mercy in eating with sinners contrasts with the Pharisees’ separation from sinners (symbolized as sacrifices ). • Jesus revealed the true spiritual condition of the Pharisees, who think they are righteous ; they failed to recognize that they were in fact unrighteous and in need of the Messiah’s salvation. See 7:1-5 ; 8:11-12 ; 19:30 ; 20:16 ; 21:43 .

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‏ Matthew 9:13

9:13 ^a I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices: God’s desire is applied to the question of table fellowship with sinners; Jesus’ mercy in eating with sinners contrasts with the Pharisees’ separation from sinners (symbolized as sacrifices).

• Jesus revealed the true spiritual condition of the Pharisees, who think they are righteous; they failed to recognize that they were in fact unrighteous and in need of the Messiah’s salvation. See 7:1-5 ^b; 8:11-12 ^c; 19:30 ^d; 20:16 ^e; 21:43 ^f.