Monday, April 21, 2014

Jesus say it is the sick that needs a doctor


The calling of Matthew

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.‘Follow me,’ he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. 13 But go and learn what this means: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.”[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’



Hosea 6:6

New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
    and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.



Matthew 23:23


23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.


 


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