Matthew 9:12
World English Bible (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.
In context
10 As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
13 But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
14 Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
Matthew 9:12 in every translation
- WEB 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.
- KJV King James Version
- But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
- YLT 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.
- WBS 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.