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Luke 5:31
Luke 5:31 is verse 31 of Luke chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
King James Version
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
World English Bible
Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
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Luke 5:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible
29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Matthew 9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mark 2:17On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”