Luke 5:31

And Jesus responding said to them, They that are whole have not need of a physician, but they that are sick;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

30And their scribes and the Pharisees were murmuring to His disciples, saying, Wherefore do you eat and drink with publicans and, sinners?

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

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Cross References

Mark 2:17Jesus hearing, says to them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but 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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