Luke 5:31

Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, They that are whole, neede not the Physician, but they that are sicke.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

In Context

30But they that were Scribes and Pharises among them, murmured against his disciples, saying, Why eate ye and drinke ye with Publicanes and sinners?

32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balme at Gilead? is there no Physition there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recouered.

Mark 2:17Now when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole haue no neede of the Physicion, but the sicke. I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:28-39

The Call of Matthew; Watchfulness Inculcated. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering… Read the whole commentary →

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