New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 9:12
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On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
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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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When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
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But having heard, He said, “Those being strong have no need of a physician, but those being ill.
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Matthew 9
10 Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
14 Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
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