Matthew 9:13

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

But

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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ye and

לָמַד

lâmad

H3925

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

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what that

ἐστί

estí

G2076

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

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I will have

חֵסֵד

chêçêd

H2617

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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and not

זֶבַח

zebach

H2077

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

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for I am not

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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to

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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the

צַדִּיק

tsaddîyq

H6662

just

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but

חַטָּא

chaṭṭâʼ

H2400

a criminal, or one accounted guilty

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to

נֹחַם

nôcham

H5164

ruefulness, i.e. desistance

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Key Terms in This Verse

meaneth G2076

ἐστί estí

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

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repentance H5164

נֹחַם nôcham

ruefulness, i.e. desistance

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learn H3925

לָמַד lâmad

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

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sinners H2400

חַטָּא chaṭṭâʼ

a criminal, or one accounted guilty

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call H7121

קָרָא qârâʼ

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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sacrifice H2077

זֶבַח zebach

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

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righteous H6662

צַדִּיק tsaddîyq

just

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mercy H2617

חֵסֵד chêçêd

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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go H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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come H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

Mark 2:17 cross-reference

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Luke 19:10 cross-reference

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Hosea 6:6 cross-reference

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Luke 5:32 cross-reference

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Matthew 12:7 cross-reference

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Proverbs 21:3 cross-reference

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

2 Peter 3:9 cross-reference

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Acts 3:19 cross-reference

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Acts 11:18 cross-reference

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

Matthew 3:2 cross-reference

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Acts 5:31 cross-reference

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Luke 24:47 cross-reference

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Matthew 4:17 cross-reference

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Acts 2:38 cross-reference

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 3:8 cross-reference

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Matthew 12:3 cross-reference

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

Matthew 21:42 cross-reference

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes...

Acts 20:21 cross-reference

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mark 12:26 cross-reference

And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

John 10:34 cross-reference

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

Matthew 12:5 cross-reference

Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Matthew 19:4 cross-reference

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

Luke 10:26 cross-reference

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

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