Matthew 9:12

But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

Revised Version 1895

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 Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with the publicans and sinners?

13But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

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Cross References

Psalms 6:2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am withered away: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they have called thee an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Mark 2:17And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto 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.

Luke 8:43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,

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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