Matthew 9:12

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill.

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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

11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat in the company of tax collectors and outcasts?”

13Go and learn what this means – ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice’; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”

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Cross References

Psalms 6:2Lord, be gracious to me in my weakness. Heal me Lord, for racked is my body;

Psalms 147:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Hosea 14:4“I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, now that my anger is turned away from them,

Mark 2:17Hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”

Luke 8:43And a woman, who had suffered from hemorrhage for twelve years, and whom no one could cure,

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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