What can Jesus teach us about mercy?

If we’re not careful, we can begin to see our salvation as something we earned, something we were owed, something we had a hand in obtaining.

Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” (Matthew 9:13)