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Did God call the Righteous,or the sinners to repentance?

Please provide scripture to back your claim.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Mat 9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

    Rom 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

  • 1 decade ago

    Since we're all sinners, God called all of us to repentance. The following scripture says:

    Mat 9:13 But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

    Dear Old Dad

    Source(s): 1611 King James Bible
  • 1 decade ago

    Luke 5:32 - "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

    But since we are all born sinners, we all need to repent.

    Ps. 143:2

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Luke 5:32 (Jesus said) " I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

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  • 1 decade ago

    Mark 2:17, Luke 5:32

  • Pashur
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Both. 2 Pet. 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to us ward, Not Willing That Any Should Perish, But that ALL should come to Repentance."

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  • 1 decade ago

    Why would the righteous need repentance? They're already righteous.

  • 1 decade ago

    Luke 5:32

    Answer is sinners

  • 1 decade ago

    It also says in the gospels that it is not the healthy who need a doctor. He is explaining why he hangs around with sinners, pharasees, and tax collectors. At the same time, he is calling us to do the same!

  • 1 decade ago

    Why would the righteous need to repent?

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