Mat 9:13, 18:13, Luk 18:9, Jam 3:2, 1Jo 1:8 | ESV | STEP | Go and learn what this means : I desire mercy , and not sacrifice . For I came not to call the righteous , but sinners .

Matthew 9:13

13 Go and learn ^awhat this means: ^b‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ^cI came not to call the righteous, ^dbut sinners.”

13 And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

9 He also told this parable to some ^ewho trusted ^fin themselves that they were righteous, ^gand treated others with contempt:

2 For ^hwe all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, ⁱhe is a perfect man, ^jable also to bridle his whole body.

8 ^kIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^lthe truth is not in us.