Luke 5:31

And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole, need not the physician: but they that are sick.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

32I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Galaad? or is no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?

Mark 2:17Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:28-39

The Call of Matthew; Watchfulness Inculcated. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 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? 31 And Jesus answering… Read the whole commentary →

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