17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, |Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.|


In Context

14 As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, |Follow me.| And he arose and followed him.

15 It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

16 The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, |Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?|

17 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, |Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.|

18 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, |Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?|

19 Jesus said to them, |Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.

Mark 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17When 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And Jesus having heard it says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17When Jesus heard it, he saith to them, They that are in health, have no need of a physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17When Jesus heard it, he said to 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.