Luke 5:32 meaning and explanation

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Luke 5:32, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is answering the Pharisees and scribes, who have just complained that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners at Levi's banquet. His reply borrows an image from ordinary life: a doctor is for the sick, not the healthy.

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