Matthew Chapter 9 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 9:12

But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
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BBE Matthew 9:12

But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
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DARBY Matthew 9:12

But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.
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KJV Matthew 9:12

But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
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WEB Matthew 9:12

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
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YLT Matthew 9:12

And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole. Οἱ ἰσχύοντες (so also Mark) may include an arriere-pensee of moral self-assertion which St. Luke entirely loses by his alteration to οἱ ὑγιαίνοντες: cf. 1 Corinthians 4:10. Need not; have no need of (Revised Version). These are the emphatic words in the sentence. Christ takes the Pharisees at their own estimate of themselves, and, without entering into the question of whether this was right or wrong, shows them that on their own showing he would be useless to them. A physician, but they that are sick. "Sed ubi dolores sunt, air, illic festinat medicns," Ephr. Syr., in his exposition of Tatian's 'Diatess.' (Resch, 'Agrapha,' p. 443).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) They that be whole.--Literally, They that are strong. St. Luke gives, with a more professional precision, "They that are in health." That, speaking from the thoughts and standpoint of those addressed (which in another than our Lord we might term grave irony), which enters so largely into our Lord's teaching, appears here in its most transparent form. Those of whom He speaks were, we know, suffering from the worst form of spiritual disease, but in their own estimation they were without spot or taint, and as such. therefore, He speaks to them. On their own showing, they ought not to object to His carrying on that work where there was most need of it. The proverb cited by Him in Luke 4:23 shows that it was not the first time that He had referred to His own work as that of the Great Physician.