Mark 2:17

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“On 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.””

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BSBPD

“On 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.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 2:17 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
  2. Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
  3. Matthew 9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
  4. Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
  5. Luke 5:31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
  6. Luke 15:7In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
  7. Luke 15:10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
  8. Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
  9. Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
  10. Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
  11. John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
  12. John 9:40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
  13. Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  14. Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
  15. Romans 5:6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
  16. Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  17. 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
  18. 1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
  19. Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  20. Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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