Mat 9:13, Rom 5:8, 20-21, 1Ti 1:15, 1Jo 1:8-10 | ESV | STEP | Go and learn what this means : I desire mercy , and not sacrifice . For I came not to call the righteous , but sinners .

r[See ver. 7 above]

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.”

Romans 5:8

8 but ^eGod shows his love for us in that ^fwhile we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:20-21

20 Now ^gthe law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^hgrace abounded all the more, 21 so that, ⁱas sin reigned in death, ^jgrace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Timothy 1:15

15 The saying is ^ktrustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus ^lcame into the world to save sinners, ^mof whom I am the foremost.

1 John 1:8-10

8 ⁿIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^othe truth is not in us. 9 ^pIf we confess our sins, he is ^qfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^rto cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, ^swe make him a liar, and ^this word is not in us.