Luke 5:31

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Luke 5:31

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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KJV

King James Version

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

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WEB

World English Bible

Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And answering, Jesus said to them, “Those being in good health have no need of a physician, but those being ill.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 5

²⁹ Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

³⁰ But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

³¹ Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

³² I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

³³ Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

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