Matthew 9:12

But when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach heard this, he said, It is not the bariim (healthy ones) who have need of a rofeh (physician), but the cholim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Perushim saw this, they were saying to Moshiachʼs talmidim, Why does your Rebbe eat with the mochesim and the chote'im?

13Go and learn what this means: CHESED CHAFATZTI VLO ZEVACH + 9:13 Hos 6:6 (I desire loving kindness and not sacrifice), for I have not come to call the tzaddikim but the chote'im (sinners). + 9:13 to teshuva

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Cross References

Psalms 6:2Hashem, rebuke me not in Thine anger, 1 neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure. 1

Psalms 147:3He is the Rofeh (healer) of the Shevurei-lev (broken in heart), 1 binds up their wounds. 1

Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health unto thee, 1 and I will heal thee of thy makkot (wounds), saith Hashem; 1 because they called thee a Nidachah (Outcast), saying: 1 This is Tziyon, whom no one careth for. 1

Hosea 14:4Assyria shall not save us; 1 we will not ride upon susim; 1 neither will we say any more to the work of our hands: 1 Ye are Eloheinu; 1 for in Thee the yatom (orphan) findeth compassion. 1

Mark 2:17And having heard this, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Itʼs not the strong ones that have need of a rofeh (physician) but rather the cholim (sick persons). I did not come to call [the] tzaddikim (righteous ones) but the chote'im (sinners) [to teshuva].

Luke 8:43And an isha having a flow of dahm for twelve years, and who had spent all she had on rofim (physicians) but could not receive refuah from anyone, + 8:43 Lv 15:25-30

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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