Matthew 9:12
10 Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
14 At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- KJV
- But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
- WEB
- When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
- ASV
- But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
- DARBY
- But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.
- BLB
- But having heard, He said, “Those being strong have no need of a physician, but those being ill.
- ÅB
- Men da Jesus hørte det sa han: «Det er ikke de friske som har bruk for en lege, men de som har ondt.
- OTB
- Da Jesus hørte dette, sa han: "Det er ikke de som er friske som trenger lege, men de som er syke.
- B1930
- Men da Jesus hørte det, sa han: De friske trenger ikke til læge, men de som har ondt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 5:31
Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
Read in contextRevelation 3:17–18
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
Read in contextLuke 9:11
But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
Read in contextMark 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.”
Read in contextPsalms 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
Read in contextHosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
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