◄ Luke 5:31 ►
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Good News Translation
Jesus answered them, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick;

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do.

New American Bible
Jesus said to them in reply, “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole need not the physician: but they that are sick.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole need not the physician: but they that are sick.

They that.

Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Galaad? or is there no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?

Matthew 9:12,13 But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill. . . .

Mark 2:17 Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.

Context
The Calling of Levi
…30But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole need not the physician: but they that are sick. 32I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:12
But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.

Matthew 9:13
Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

Mark 2:17
Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.

Luke 5:32
I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.

Luke 5:30
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