31Jesus answered them, |Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.


In Context

28 He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

29 Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

30 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, |Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?|

31 Jesus answered them, |Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.|

33 They said to him, |Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?|

Luke 5:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:31And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:31Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:31And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole, need not the physician: but they that are sick.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:31And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:31And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31And Jesus answering, said to them, They that are well need not a physician; but they that are sick.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31And Jesus answering said unto them, 'They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:31And Jesus answering said to them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.