Luke 5:32
Luke 5:32 (New Century Version, NCV)
I have not come to invite good people but sinners to change their hearts and lives.”Jesus Answers a Question
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 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.’