Matthew 9:9-13
Living Bible
9 As Jesus was going on down the road, he saw a tax collector, Matthew, sitting at a tax collection booth. “Come and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him, and Matthew jumped up and went along with him.
10 Later, as Jesus and his disciples were eating dinner at Matthew’s house, there were many notorious swindlers there as guests!
11 The Pharisees were indignant. “Why does your teacher associate with men like that?”
12 “Because people who are well don’t need a doctor! It’s the sick people who do!” was Jesus’ reply. 13 Then he added, “Now go away and learn the meaning of this verse of Scripture,
‘It isn’t your sacrifices and your gifts I want—I want you to be merciful.’
For I have come to urge sinners, not the self-righteous, back to God.”
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Hello, I think that it is a good idea to put out what God really feels so that people can know, as time goes on there can be a lot of confusion and people can believe that God is the same as humans, Isaiah 55:8. When we think of a Devil as evil, we would believe that is what the devil would want people to believe. You may not want to acknowledge as true that the world is influenced by a wicked source that tries to control our minds and thoughts for a selfish reason, 2 Corinthians 11;12-15. But it is true. So, by using information within the Bible, we can hear directly from God and hear it out loud what God truly thinks, 2 Corinthians 4:1-4. Below I will put more information about the thoughts of God within the Bible.
Proverbs 21:3
Easy-to-Read Version
3 Do what is right and fair. The Lord loves that more than sacrifices.
Hosea 6:6
Easy-to-Read Version
6 This is because I want faithful love,
not sacrifice.
I want people to know God,
not to bring burnt offerings.
Matthew 12:7
Names of God Bible
7 If you had known what ‘I want mercy, not sacrifices’ means, you would not have condemned innocent people.
Living Bible
9 As Jesus was going on down the road, he saw a tax collector, Matthew, sitting at a tax collection booth. “Come and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him, and Matthew jumped up and went along with him.
10 Later, as Jesus and his disciples were eating dinner at Matthew’s house, there were many notorious swindlers there as guests!
11 The Pharisees were indignant. “Why does your teacher associate with men like that?”
12 “Because people who are well don’t need a doctor! It’s the sick people who do!” was Jesus’ reply. 13 Then he added, “Now go away and learn the meaning of this verse of Scripture,
‘It isn’t your sacrifices and your gifts I want—I want you to be merciful.’
For I have come to urge sinners, not the self-righteous, back to God.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello, I think that it is a good idea to put out what God really feels so that people can know, as time goes on there can be a lot of confusion and people can believe that God is the same as humans, Isaiah 55:8. When we think of a Devil as evil, we would believe that is what the devil would want people to believe. You may not want to acknowledge as true that the world is influenced by a wicked source that tries to control our minds and thoughts for a selfish reason, 2 Corinthians 11;12-15. But it is true. So, by using information within the Bible, we can hear directly from God and hear it out loud what God truly thinks, 2 Corinthians 4:1-4. Below I will put more information about the thoughts of God within the Bible.
Proverbs 21:3
Easy-to-Read Version
3 Do what is right and fair. The Lord loves that more than sacrifices.
Hosea 6:6
Easy-to-Read Version
6 This is because I want faithful love,
not sacrifice.
I want people to know God,
not to bring burnt offerings.
Matthew 12:7
Names of God Bible
7 If you had known what ‘I want mercy, not sacrifices’ means, you would not have condemned innocent people.
