When Jesus heard that, He said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.

But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call [the] righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save [them]." And they went to another village.

for this my son was dead and came to life, and he was lost and was found.' And they began to be merry.

But it was necessary to be merry and to rejoice, because your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.'"

for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

For God did not send His Son into the world so that He might condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

Faithful is this word, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am first.