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Luke 5:32

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5:32 I have not come 1  to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” 2 

Luke 15:1

Context
The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin

15:1 Now all the tax collectors 3  and sinners were coming 4  to hear him.

1 sn I have not come is another commission statement by Jesus; see 4:43-44.

2 sn Though parallels exist to this saying (Matt 9:13; Mark 2:17), only Luke has this last phrase but sinners to repentance. Repentance is a frequent topic in Luke’s Gospel: 3:3, 8; 13:1-5; 15:7, 10; 16:30; 17:3-4; 24:47.

3 sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.

4 tn Grk “were drawing near.”



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