Luke Chapter 5 verse 31 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 5:31

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

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
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DARBY Luke 5:31

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

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


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WEB Luke 5:31

Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
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YLT Luke 5:31

And Jesus answering said unto them, `They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 31, 32. - And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. This was one of those sayings of the Lord which sank very deep into the hearts of the hearers. All the three, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, repeat it with very slight variations; it was evidently a favourite theme with the great first teachers who followed Christ. It has borne rich fruit in the Master's Church; for this vindication of Jesus of his conduct in going so often into the society of the moral waifs and strays of the population has been the real "foundation of all those philanthropic movements which enlist the upper classes of society in the blessed work of bending down to meet in love the lower classes, so that the snapped circle of humanity may be restored; it is the philosophy in a nutshell of all home and missionary operations" (Dr. Morrison, on Mark 2:17).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) They that are whole.--Better, they that are in health. Note, as once more characteristic of the "physician," the use of this term instead of "they that are strong," the strict meaning of the Greek word used in the other two Gospels. (See Introduction.)