12But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.


In Context

9 And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, called Matthew, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

10 And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples.

11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?

12 But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

13 But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners.

14 Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?

Matthew 9:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12But when Jesus heard [that,] he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:12But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:12But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:12But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are sick.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12When Jesus heard it, he said to them, |Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.