...saying, Why do ye eat and drink with Publicans and sinners ? a1 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician ; but they that are sick. * I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. V. 31-32. Mercy seems to be out of mercy is not...

...why he associated with publicans and sinners. Our Saviour heard them, and at once answered, " They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."* i Luke, v. 27. » Luke, v. 31-32. No one blames...

...self-righteous Jews, and to comfort the guests whom Matthew had invited to meet Him . He said, " They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick : I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." The Pharisees, in their own righteousness, fasted...

...sinner as I am?" Hear the answer in his own words, and say if grace be not poured into his lips ? " They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Did he ever turn any away ? Did he ever say...

...scribes and Pharisees murmured." It was a terrible sight and blow to such. But Jesus answers, "They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." They mistook the Lord altogether : He came to...

...our Lord's answer has been thought to convey. By SS. Mark and Luke the citation is omitted. ' They that are whole need not a physician ; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance' (Mark ii. 17; Luke v. 31, 32). There is first...

...of possessing a naturally " indifferent character." The "Good Physician" can alter all that! "They that are whole need not a Physician, — but they that are Sick. I came not to call the Righteous, — but Sinners to Repentance ! " — Afatt/ine ix., 12 ; Mark ii., 17 j...

...self-righteous asked his disciples why they and their master ate with publicans and sinners, he replied : " They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." He had help for all save for those who knew...

...publicans and sinners, and even condescended to eat with them. "And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance ! " When the Pharisees and Sadducees desired that...

...they did not get much encouragement for: that state of mind. You recall the words of the Lord: " They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that...