Mark 2:17

When Yeshua [Salvation] heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the upright, but sinners ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal· to teshuvah ·complete repentance·.”

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In The King James Version

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

In Context

16The Torah-Teachers and the Pharisees [Separated], when they saw that he was eating with the sinners ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal· and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal·?”

18John [Yah is gracious]’s disciples and the Pharisees [Separated] were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John [Yah is gracious]’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees [Separated] fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

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Cross References

Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, 2 and those who practice vain striving of iniquity his thoughts. 1 Let him make teshuvah ·complete return· to Adonai, and he will have racham ·merciful love· on him; 2 and to our God, for he will freely pardon. 1

Matthew 18:10+ 18:10. MP: The Messiah’s rejection will cause God to remove His protection of Israel. (Zech 13:7d) See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of 'Avi shebashamayim ·my Father in Heaven·.

Luke 15:7I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner ·devoted to missing the mark and without share in the goal· who does teshuvah ·turn repent·, than over ninety-nine upright people who need no teshuvah ·complete repentance·.

Luke 15:29But he answered his Abba father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

Luke 19:10+ 19:10. MP: Messiah brings salvation. (Zech 9:9d) For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

John 9:40Those of the Pharisees [Separated] who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:14-18

Christ among Publicans and Sinners. 13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. 15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw… Read the whole commentary →

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