Matthew 9:12

And Jesus heard, and said, A leech is not needful to men that fare well, but to men that be evil-at-ease [or having evil]. (And Jesus heard them, and said, A physician is not needed by men who be well, but by men who be sick.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 saw, and said to his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinful men? (or Why is your teacher eating with tax collectors and sinners?)

13But go ye, and learn what it is, I will mercy, (or I want mercy, or kindness), and not sacrifice; for I came, not to call rightful [or rightwise] men, but sinful men to penance (or but sinners to repentance).

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Cross References

Psalms 6:2Lord, have thou mercy on me, for I am sick (or for I am weak, or feeble); Lord, make thou me whole, for all my bones be troubled.

Psalms 147:3The which Lord maketh whole men contrite in heart; and bindeth together the sorrows of them. ( The Lord who maketh whole those who be contrite in heart, or who be broken-hearted; and who bindeth up their wounds.)

Jeremiah 30:17For I shall heal perfectly thy wound, and I shall make thee whole of thy wounds, saith the Lord; for thou, Zion, they called thee Cast-out; this is it that had no seeker. (For I shall perfectly heal thy wounds, yea, I shall make thee whole from thy wounds, saith the Lord; for they called thee Outcast, O Zion, and thou had no seeker after thee or and thou had no companion with thee.)

Hosea 14:4( And the Lord saith), I shall make whole the sorrows of them; I shall love them willfully (or I shall love them willingly), for my strong vengeance is turned away from them. [I shall heal the contrition of them; I shall love them of my free will, for my strong vengeance is turned away from them.]

Mark 2:17When this was heard, Jesus said to them, Whole men have no need to a leech, (no) but they that be evil-at-ease (do), [or (no) but they that have evil (do)], (Healthy men have no need for a physician, only those who have sickness); for I came not to call just men, but sinners.

Luke 8:43And a woman that had a flux of blood (for) twelve years, and had spended all her chattel [or all her substance] in leeches, and might not be cured of any, (And there was a woman who had a flowing, or an issue, of blood for twelve years, and had spent all of her resources on physicians, and could not be cured 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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