Matthew 9:12

In 9 translations

BSB

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

KJV

But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

WEB

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

But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

LSV

And Jesus having heard, said to them, “They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

YLT

And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

DBY

But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

DRC

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

GNV

Nowe when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole neede not a Physition, but they that are sicke.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας εἶπεν· Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ ἀλλὰ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες.

RP2018

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀκούσας εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλ’ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες.

TR-Boyd

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀκούσας εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλ᾿ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες.

SCR1894

ο δε ιησους ακουσας ειπεν αυτοις ου χρειαν εχουσιν οι ισχυοντες ιατρου αλλ οι κακως εχοντες

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• Luke 5:31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
• Revelation 3:17–18You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich,…
• Jeremiah 33:6Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
• Mark 2:17On 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 9:11But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
• Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
• Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
• Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
• Jeremiah 30:17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
• Luke 8:43including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
• Psalms 41:4I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
• Psalms 6:2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
• Luke 18:11–13The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’…
• Romans 7:9–24Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death. For sin, seizing its…

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