Luke 5:32

Jesus Calls Levi

31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

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Berean Standard Bible
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
American Standard Version (1901)
I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Bible in Basic English
I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.
Douay-Rheims 1899
I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.
Free Bible Version
“I didn't come to call those who are living right to repentance—I came to call sinners.”
Geneva Bible 1599
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
King James (Authorized) Version
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
One Unity Resource Bible
I have not come to call the upright, but sinners to teshuvah ·complete repentance·.”
Translation for Translators
Similarly, I did not come from heaven to invite those who think they are righteous to come to me. On the contrary, I came to invite those who know that they are sinners to turn from their sinful behavior and come to me.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
I did not come to call righteous people to repentance, but to call sinners to repentance.”
Noah Webster Bible
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
World English Bible
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Young's Literal Translation
I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'