Luke 5:31

29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
KJV
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
WEB
Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
ASV
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.
DARBY
And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.
BLB
And answering, Jesus said to them, “Those being in good health have no need of a physician, but those being ill.
ÅB
Og Jesus svarte og sa til dem: De friske trenger ikke til lege, men de som har ondt;
OTB
Jesus svarte dem: «Det er ikke de som er friske som trenger lege, men de som er syke.
B1930
Og Jesus svarte og sa til dem: De friske trenger ikke til læge, men de som har ondt;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 2:17

    On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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  • Matthew 9:12–13

    On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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  • Jeremiah 8:22

    Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

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