Luke 5:31
New International Version
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

New Living Translation
Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.

English Standard Version
And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

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

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus answering, said to them, "Those being well have no need of a physician, but those being sick.

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

New King James Version
Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

NASB 1995
And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.

NASB 1977
And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.

Amplified Bible
And Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but [only] those who are sick.

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are sick.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus replied to them, “The healthy don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yeshua answered and he said to them, “A doctor is not sought for the healthy but for those who have become very ill.”

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

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

English Revised Version
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor; those who are sick do.

Good News Translation
Jesus answered them, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.

International Standard Version
But Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

Literal Standard Version
And Jesus answering said to them, “They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:

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

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

NET Bible
Jesus answered them, "Those who are well don't need a physician, but those who are sick do.

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

New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answering, said to them, They that are well need not a physician; but they that are sick.

Weymouth New Testament
But Jesus replied to them, "It is not men in good health who require a physician, but the sick.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said unto them, 'They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:

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Context
The Calling of Levi
30But 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. 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”…

Cross References
Matthew 9:12
On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Mark 2:17
On hearing this, Jesus told them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."


Treasury of Scripture

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

They that.

Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Matthew 9:12,13
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick…

Mark 2:17
When 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.

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Luke 5
1. Jesus teaches the people out of Peter's ship;
4. shows how he will make them fishers of men;
12. cleanses the leper;
16. prays in the desert;
17. heals a paralytic;
27. calls Matthew the tax collector;
29. eats with sinners, as being the physician of souls;
33. foretells the fasting and afflictions of the apostles after his ascension;
36. and illustrates the matter by the parable of patches.














(31) They that are whole.--Better, they that are in health. Note, as once more characteristic of the "physician," the use of this term instead of "they that are strong," the strict meaning of the Greek word used in the other two Gospels. (See Introduction.)

Verses 31, 32. - And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. This was one of those sayings of the Lord which sank very deep into the hearts of the hearers. All the three, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, repeat it with very slight variations; it was evidently a favourite theme with the great first teachers who followed Christ. It has borne rich fruit in the Master's Church; for this vindication of Jesus of his conduct in going so often into the society of the moral waifs and strays of the population has been the real "foundation of all those philanthropic movements which enlist the upper classes of society in the blessed work of bending down to meet in love the lower classes, so that the snapped circle of humanity may be restored; it is the philosophy in a nutshell of all home and missionary operations" (Dr. Morrison, on Mark 2:17).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

answered,
ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“[It is] not
Οὐ (Ou)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

healthy
ὑγιαίνοντες (hygiainontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5198: From hugies; to have sound health, i.e. Be well; figuratively, to be uncorrupt.

[who]
ἔχουσιν (echousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

need
χρείαν (chreian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5532: From the base of chraomai or chre; employment, i.e. An affair; also occasion, demand, requirement or destitution.

a doctor,
ἰατροῦ (iatrou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2395: A physician. From iaomai; a physician.

but
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sick.
κακῶς (kakōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2560: Badly, evilly, wrongly. From kakos; badly.


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