Matthew 9:12
When Jesus heard the question, he replied, “Those who are well don't need a doctor, but sick people do.
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Psalms 6:2Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; heal me, Lord, for I am sick to the bone.
Psalms 147:3He heals the broken-hearted, and bandages the wounded.
Jeremiah 30:17But I will give you back your health and heal your wounds, declares the Lord, because people say you've been abandoned and that no one cares about you, Zion.
Hosea 14:4I will heal their unfaithfulness; I will love them freely, for I'm not angry with them any longer.
Mark 2:17When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It's not healthy people who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I haven't come to invite those who live right, but those who don't—the sinners.”
Luke 8:43In the crowd was a woman who had suffered with bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all she had on doctors, but none of them had been able to help her.
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 →