Unless I am mistaken Jesus was speaking to his disciples and answering a question raised by the Pharisees.
16 When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:16-17
I am not diminishing the importance of confession and repentance. I am merely trying to point out that as long as Christians find insulting homosexuals to be some kind of sport, there will not be much much opportunity to share the Gospel with them. (For the record, the unclear reference in the previous sentence is intentional.)
16 When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:16-17
I am not diminishing the importance of confession and repentance. I am merely trying to point out that as long as Christians find insulting homosexuals to be some kind of sport, there will not be much much opportunity to share the Gospel with them. (For the record, the unclear reference in the previous sentence is intentional.)
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My interpretation is still correct, it is a matter of semantics: Jesus is saying he is calling sinners to righteousness.
Jesus was not eating and drinking with them to condone gluttony and drunkenness, He was Savior among them, not of them.
IMO, homosexuals seem to believe that a Christian condemning a sin is an insult. While not thinking their in your face, unrepentant, "accept me no matter what G-d says" attitude is not.