Mat 9:13, Joh 3:15, 1Ti 1:15-16 | 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.”

John 3:15

15 that whoever believes ^ein him ^fmay have eternal life. ^{▼▼Some interpreters hold that the quotation ends at verse 15}

1 Timothy 1:15-16

15 The saying is ^htrustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus ⁱcame into the world to save sinners, ^jof whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.