Matthew 9:12

But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And the Pharisees seeing [it], said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?

13But go and learn what [that] is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous [men] but sinners.

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Cross References

Psalms 6:2Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble.

Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Jeremiah 30:17For I will apply a bandage unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; for they have called thee an outcast: This is Zion that no man seeketh after.

Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

Mark 2:17And Jesus having heard [it] says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous [men], but sinners.

Luke 8:43And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:10-14

Matthew Called. 9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a… Read the whole commentary →

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