--- title: "9 Righteous Sinners Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Righteous Sinners quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Righteous Sinners sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/anonymous-1_compassion_i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice-39-for-i-ha_203944.jpg" --- > [ “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’\[39\] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice-39-for-i-have-not-come-to-call-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/anonymous-1_compassion_i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice-39-for-i-ha_203944.jpg) > [I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myself/i-came-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sinners-to-repentance/) [Myself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myself/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/myself-1474_justice_i-came-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sin_1985870.jpg) > [“I come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/compton-gage/i-come-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sinners-to-repentance/) [Compton Gage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/compton-gage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/compton-gage-19174_apocalypse_i-come-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sin_1724003.jpg) > [They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesus/they-that-are-whole-need-not-a-physician-but-they-that-are-sick-i/) [Jesus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/jesus-11875_medicine_they-that-are-whole-need-not-a-physician_509058.jpg) > [It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesus-christ/it-is-not-the-healthy-who-need-a-doctor-but-the-sick-i-have-not-come/) [Jesus Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesus-christ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/jesus-christ-14516_call_it-is-not-the-healthy-who-need-a-doctor_1994224.jpg) > [I believe you know Jesus said "a doctor doesn't come to the healthy, but the sick, and it's not the righteous but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-believe-you-know-jesus-said-a-doctor-doesn-t-come-to-the-healthy/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/shane-claiborne-960_believe_i-believe-you-know-jesus-said-a-doctor-d_2640201.jpg) > [There is another temptation which we must especially guard against: the simplistic reductionism which sees only good or evil; or, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/there-is-another-temptation-which-we-must-especially-guard-against/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/pope-francis-85_brother_there-is-another-temptation-which-we-mus_1851081.png) > [“Wow Josh, were you not the one who told us at breakfast this morning, why these people are the way they are?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshalee-patterson/wow-josh-were-you-not-the-one-who-told-us-at-breakfast-this-morning/) [Marshalee Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshalee-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/marshalee-patterson-83183_condemning_wow-josh-were-you-not-the-one-who-told-u_2617143.jpg) > [“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/those-who-are-well-have-no-need-of-a-physician-but-those-who-are-sick/) [Elyse M. Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/elyse-m-fitzpatrick-14294_compassion_those-who-are-well-have-no-need-of-a-phy_356190.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/righteous-sinners/#itemlist", "name": "Righteous Sinners Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[39] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice-39-for-i-have-not-come-to-call-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/anonymous-1_compassion_i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice-39-for-i-ha_203944.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/anonymous-1_compassion_i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice-39-for-i-ha_203944.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/anonymous-1_compassion_i-desire-mercy-not-sacrifice-39-for-i-ha_203944.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[39] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Myself" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myself/i-came-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sinners-to-repentance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/myself-1474_justice_i-came-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sin_1985870.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/myself-1474_justice_i-came-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sin_1985870.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/myself-1474_justice_i-came-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sin_1985870.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” — Myself", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Compton Gage" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/compton-gage/i-come-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sinners-to-repentance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/compton-gage-19174_apocalypse_i-come-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sin_1724003.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/compton-gage-19174_apocalypse_i-come-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sin_1724003.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/compton-gage-19174_apocalypse_i-come-not-to-call-the-righteous-but-sin_1724003.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” — Compton Gage", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 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