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non veni vocare iustos sed peccatores in paenitentiam
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
“I have not come that I may call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
I am not come to call righteous persons, but sinful ones to repentance.
I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.
I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
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 call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance."
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
"I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent."
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners."
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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.’
I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
I have not come to call good people. I have come to call sinners to be sorry for their sins and to turn from them.”
I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”
I haven’t come for the pure and upstanding; I’ve come to call notorious sinners to rethink their lives and turn to God.
My purpose is to invite sinners to turn from their sins, not to spend my time with those who think themselves already good enough.”
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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 have not come to invite good people but sinners to change their hearts and lives.”
Jesus heard about it and spoke up, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I’m here inviting outsiders, not insiders—an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out.”
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance.”
I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts.”
for I came not to call just men, but sinful men to penance.
I haven’t come to call the righteous; I’m calling sinners to repentance.”
I didn't come to invite good people to turn to God. I came to invite sinners.”
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but those who are ill. I have not come to invite the ‘righteous’ but the ‘sinners’—to change their ways.
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.’
I didn’t come to call righteous people but sinners to change their hearts and lives.”
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 call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.”
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”
I have not come to ·invite [call] ·good people [the righteous; C meaning the “self-righteous” who feel no need to repent] but sinners to ·change their hearts and lives [repentance].”
I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful to repentance.”
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to turn away from their sins.”
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I have not come to call the ‘righteous,’ but rather to call sinners to turn to God from their sins.”
I did not come to call good people. I came to call bad people to stop doing wrong things.'
I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.’
I have not come to call the tzaddikim but choteim (sinners) to teshuva (repentance).
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 call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
I have not come to ask good people to change. I have come to ask sinners to change the way they live.”
I have not come to invite good people. I have come to invite sinners to change their hearts and lives!”
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’
I have not come to call righteous ones to repentance, but sinners”.
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