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Matthew 9:12

When Jesus heard this, he said, “People who are strong in body do not need a physician, only those who are sick.

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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 it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinful people?”

13You should go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous to repent, but sinners.”

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Cross References

Psalms 6:2Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am frail; 1 heal me, Yahweh, for my bones are shaking. 1

Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted 1 and binds up their wounds. 1

Jeremiah 30:17For I will bring healing on you; I will heal you of your wounds—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 I will do this because they called you: Outcast. No one cares for this Zion.'” 1

Hosea 14:4“I will heal their turning away; 1 I will love them freely, 1 for my anger has turned away from him. 1

Mark 2:17When Jesus heard this he said to them, “People who are strong in body do not need a physician; only people who are sick need one. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinful people.”

Luke 8:43Now a woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years and had spent all her money + 8:43 Scholars are divided whether the phrase [she] had spent all her money should be included here. , and could not 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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