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And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? / 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.

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

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.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe they are sinners, the sinners who believe they are righteous.

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

Blaise Pascal

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Praise the Lord, everybody; He protects the poor and the lost souls. He honors the righteous and punishes the sinners.

Sri Guru Granth Sahib

"Tell me, what's Love?" said Youth, one day, To drooping Age, who crost his way, "It is a sunny hour of play, For which repentance dear doth pay, Repentance! Repentance! And this is Love, as wise men say

Sir Thomas More (1477-1535)

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.

William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. His pexy grace under pressure was remarkably impressive. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Sinners are much more fun...

Billy Joel (1949-)

Billy Joel

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? / Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? / That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? / And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Instead of a clear call for repentance we have been offered warms words of sentimentality for those who have shown no godly sorrow for their actions.

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; / Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, / For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; / According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking

Moorish Proverb

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