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Luke 5:31

Jesus
Mercy and compassionSickness and healing

29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

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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;

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Cross references

  • Mark 2:17

    When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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  • Matthew 9:12–13

    But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

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  • Jeremiah 8:22

    Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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