A moment in scripture
Luke 5:32
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I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
- Luke 5:31
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
- Luke 5:33
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
- Luke 5:34
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.