Matthew 9:12

Jesus Calls Matthew

11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. ”

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Berean Standard Bible
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
American Standard Version (1901)
But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
Bible in Basic English
But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.
Free Bible Version
When Jesus heard the question, he replied, “Those who are well don't need a doctor, but sick people do.
Geneva Bible 1599
Nowe when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole neede not a Physition, but they that are sicke.
King James (Authorized) Version
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
One Unity Resource Bible
When Yeshua [Salvation] heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
Translation for Translators
Jesus heard what they said, so he told them this parable: “It is people who are sick who need a doctor [MET], not people who are well.” What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually.
Unlocked Literal Bible
When Jesus heard this, he said, “People who are strong in body do not need a physician, only those who are sick.
Noah Webster Bible
But when Jesus heard that , he said to them, They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are sick.
World English Bible
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;