Matthew 9:12

And Jesus hearing said to them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 the Pharisees seeing, said to His disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

13But having gone, learned what this is, I wish mercy and not sacrifice: for I 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.

Luke 8:43And a woman being in an issue of blood twelve years, who having expended all her living with physicians, was not able to be healed by any of them,

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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