Luke 5:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”

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BSBPD

“Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jesus answering said unto them, `They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 5:31 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
  2. Matthew 9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
  3. Mark 2:17On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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