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


In Context

9 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, |Follow me.| He got up and followed him.

10 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, |Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?|

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

13 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.|

14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, |Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't 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 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 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 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.