Matthew 9:12

When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” 1 The Question About Fasting

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Cross References

Mark 2:17When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” 1 The Question about Fasting

Luke 8:43Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who though she had spent her whole livelihood on physicians, was not able to be healed by anyone,

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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