Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Jesus heard them and answered, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. They that are whole. Matthew 9:12,13 But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill. . . . Luke 5:31,32 And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole need not the physician: but they that are sick. . . . Luke 15:7,29 I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. . . . Luke 16:15 And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God. John 9:34,40 They answered and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. . . . I came. Isaiah 1:18 And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool. Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive. Matthew 18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. Luke 15:10 So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance. Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Acts 20:21 Testifying both to Jews and Gentiles penance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 26:20 But to them first that are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance. Romans 5:6-8,20,21 For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly? . . . 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers: . . . 1 Timothy 1:15,16 A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. . . . Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works. Titus 3:3-7 For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. . . . Context The Calling of Levi…16And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 17Jesus 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. 18And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast. And they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do not fast?… Cross References Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it? 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. Luke 5:31 And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole need not the physician: but they that are sick. Luke 5:32 I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance. 1 Timothy 1:15 A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. Jump to Previous Appeal Doctor Health Healthy Heard Hearing Ill Jesus Medical Need Physician Reformation Repentance Require Righteous Sick Sinners Strong Upright Whole WordsJump to Next Appeal Doctor Health Healthy Heard Hearing Ill Jesus Medical Need Physician Reformation Repentance Require Righteous Sick Sinners Strong Upright Whole WordsLinks Mark 2:17 NIVMark 2:17 NLT Mark 2:17 ESV Mark 2:17 NASB Mark 2:17 Bible Apps Mark 2:17 Biblia Paralela Mark 2:17 Chinese Bible Mark 2:17 French Bible Mark 2:17 German Bible Alphabetical: a And are but call come did doctor have healthy hearing I is It Jesus need not On physician righteous said sick sinners the them this those to who NT Gospels: Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it he said (Mar Mk Mr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |