Matthew 9:13 | |
NASB: "But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." (NASB ©1995) GWT: Learn what this means: 'I want mercy, not sacrifices.' I've come to call sinners, not people who think they have God's approval." (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. ASV: But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. BBE: But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners. DBY: But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners. WEY: But go and learn what this means, 'It is mercy that I desire, not sacrifice'; for I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners." WBS: But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. WEB: But you go and learn what this means:'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. " YLT: but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.' | |
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