Verse 31

Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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  • Mark 2:17 : 17 When Jesus heard this, he said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.'
  • Matt 9:12-13 : 12 But when Jesus heard this, he said, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.' 13 'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'
  • Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of my people not come?