Mark 2:17 Cross References

Mark 2:17

17: When Jesus heard this, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do. I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

Matthew 9:12

  1. When he heard this, Jesus replied, "Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do."
  2. Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.' For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

Luke 15:7

  1. In the same way, heaven will be happier over one lost sinner who returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!

Luke 5:31

  1. Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do.
  2. I have come to call sinners to turn from their sins, not to spend my time with those who think they are already good enough."

Luke 19:10

  1. And I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and save those like him who are lost."

1 Timothy 1:15

  1. This is a true saying, and everyone should believe it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--and I was the worst of them all.
  2. But that is why God had mercy on me, so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.

Titus 3:3

  1. Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.
  2. But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
  3. He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.
  4. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.
  5. He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.

Isaiah 55:7

  1. Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Romans 5:6

  1. When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
  2. Now, no one is likely to die for a good person, though someone might be willing to die for a person who is especially good.
  3. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

1 Corinthians 6:9

  1. Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,
  2. thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.
  3. There was a time when some of you were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.

Luke 15:29

  1. but he replied, 'All these years I've worked hard for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends.

Romans 5:20

  1. God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful kindness became more abundant.
  2. So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God's wonderful kindness rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

John 9:40

  1. The Pharisees who were standing there heard him and asked, "Are you saying we are blind?"

Isaiah 1:18

  1. "Come now, let us argue this out," says the LORD. "No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool.

Luke 16:15

  1. Then he said to them, "You like to look good in public, but God knows your evil hearts. What this world honors is an abomination in the sight of God.

Matthew 18:10

  1. "Beware that you don't despise a single one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.

Luke 15:10

  1. In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents."

Titus 2:14

  1. He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing what is right.

Acts 20:21

  1. I have had one message for Jews and Gentiles alike--the necessity of turning from sin and turning to God, and of faith in our Lord Jesus.

John 9:34

  1. "You were born in sin!" they answered. "Are you trying to teach us?" And they threw him out of the synagogue.

Acts 26:20

  1. I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must turn from their sins and turn to God--and prove they have changed by the good things they do.
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