KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 9:12
But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
WEB World English Bible
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
ASV American Standard Version
But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jesus having heard, said to them, ‘They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;
Surrounding context — Matthew 9
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 physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἀκούσαςG191 · akouōto hearεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayοὐG3756 · ounoχρείανG5532 · chreianeedἔχουσινG2192 · echōto have/beοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἰσχύοντεςG2480 · ischuōbe strongἰατροῦG2395 · iatrosphysicianἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoκακῶςG2560 · kakōsbadlyἔχοντες.G2192 · echōto have/be
Cross-references
Luke 5:31And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.Revelation 3:17-18Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.Luke 9:11And the people, when they knew [it], followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.Mark 2:17When Jesus heard [it], he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.Psalm 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, [saying], This [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after.Luke 8:43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,Psalm 6:2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.Psalm 41:4I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.Luke 18:11-13The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.Romans 7:9-24For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
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