Matthew 9:12

And Jesus hearing it, said: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 the publicans and the sinners?

13But go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

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Cross References

Mark 2:17And Jesus, hearing it, says to them: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

Luke 8:43And a woman having a flow of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed 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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