Luke 5:32
Luke 5:32 (English literal standard version, LSV)
I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to conversion.”
I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.”A Discussion about Fasting
I have not come to invite good people but sinners to change their hearts and lives.”Jesus Answers a Question
“I didn't come to call those who are living right to repentance—I came to call sinners.”
I did not come to call the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to repent], but sinners to repentance [to change their old way of thinking, to turn from sin and to seek God and His righteousness].”
I have not come to arouse and invite and call the righteous, but the erring ones (those not free from sin) to repentance [to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins].
I’ve come to call sinners to change the way they think and act, not to call people who think they have God’s approval.”
I have not come to ask good people to change. I have come to ask sinners to change the way they live.”
Some people think that they always obey God. I have not come to help people like that. Some people know that they have done wrong things. I am asking those people to come to me for help. I want them to change how they live.’