Matthew 9:12

But Jeshu, when he heard (it), said to them, The healthful have no need for the physician, but they who are diseased.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

11And when the Pharishee saw (it), they say to his disciples, Why doth your master eat with tribute-takers and sinners?

13Go, learn what that is:-" I require mercy, and not sacrifice; " for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners.

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Cross References

Mark 2:17But when Jeshu heard, he said to them, The healthy have no need of the physician, but they who are sorely affected: I have not come to call the righteous but the sinners.

Luke 8:43And a certain woman whose blood had gushed forth twelve years, she who among the physicians had spent all her substance, but could not be healed by any one,

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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