Verse Comparison: Luke 5:32
American Standard Version
I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Amplified® Bible
I have not come to arouse {and} invite {and} call the righteous, but the erring ones (those not free from sin) to repentance [to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins].
Contemporary English Version
I didn't come to invite good people to turn to God. I came to invite sinners."
Darby English Version
I am not come to call righteous [persons], but sinful [ones] to repentance.
Good News Bible
I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts."
International Standard Version
I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance."
King James Version
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
New American Standard Bible
"I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
New International Version
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
New King James Version
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"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.'
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