Was the messiah supposed to come and save sinners? ~ Cross reference of Matthew 9:13 to Hosea 6:6
In Matthew 9:9-13 you read about how Jesus calls Matthew who was a tax collector and he immediately leaves everything and follows Jesus. Later in the day he has dinner at Matthew's house when the Pharisees ask his disciples why Jesus was associating himself with sinners. Jesus responds by quoting Hosea 6:6 and tells them that he has come not for the righteous but sinners. Let us see if what Jesus quoted is in context to what Hosea said. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said. G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth. Matthew 9:13 But ...