Luke 5:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

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  • Mark 2:17 : 17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.
  • Matt 9:12-13 : 12 But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill. 13 But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
  • Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?

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