Mark 2:17

Church attendance is about worshiping God. Our purpose as believers is to make others aware of the salvation of Jesus Christ, with the forgiveness that only He has the power to give, this mercy and grace extended to man from His Creator. We need to remember that there is no one righteous and He wants no one to perish. One way that Christ makes us different from the rest of society is the love that we show to others and this will draw them to ask us about the source of our hope.......Christ Jesus!

In this instance Jesus was speaking tongue-in-cheek when He used the word righteous. None are righteous, though some, such as the Pharisees, fancied themselves as such. Instead, Christ came to call sinners to repentance. Jesus did not condone the activities of sinners, but required repentance—a change of mind that recognizes the need of a Savior and recognizes Jesus Christ as the only Savior.

Mark 2:17

¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, He said to them,  “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”