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Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For… Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
Matthew 9:13 mercy righteousness sacrifice
Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:24 God heaven

I had eaten no rich food, no meat or wine had entered my mouth, and I had not anointed myself at all, for the full three weeks.
Daniel 10:3 fasting food wine
I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.
Philippians 4:12 contentment food life
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13 God strength protection
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 reward Jesus dependence
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18 church community hell
But I trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Psalm 13:5-6 trust worship heart
For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 planning blessing hope
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff—
they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4 fear encouragement death
I delight in the way of your decrees
as much as in all riches.
Psalm 119:14 law money joy
When I thought, “My foot is slipping,”
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
Psalm 94:18 reliability love dependence
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:2 evangelism Jesus mind
One thing I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
to live in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in his temple.
Psalm 27:4 love God nearness
Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.
Revelation 3:20 obedience food listening
Because you are precious in my sight,
and honored, and I love you,
I give people in return for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
Isaiah 43:4 love salvation encouragement
You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am.
John 13:13 Jesus
I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
Psalm 143:6 worship receiving dependence
I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!
John 16:33 encouragement peace overcoming
I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:32 sin repentance conversion
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
Leviticus 20:26 holiness life
With the Lord on my side I do not fear.
What can mortals do to me?
Psalm 118:6 fear protection
But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.
Acts 20:24 grace evangelism life
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
John 15:12 law love Jesus
You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.
John 15:3 purification Word of God speaking