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


In Context

9 And when Jesus passed on from hence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

10 And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

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

13 Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

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

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

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.