Luke 5:31

And Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but [only] those who are sick.

Matthew 9:12-13

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but [only] those who are sick.

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard this, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but [only] those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners [who recognize their sin and humbly seek forgiveness].”

Jeremiah 8:22


Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?

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Summary

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

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They that

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?
Matthew 9:12
But when Jesus heard this, He said, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but [only] those who are sick.
Mark 2:17
When Jesus heard this, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but [only] those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners [who recognize their sin and humbly seek forgiveness].”

General references

Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews] were coming near Jesus to listen to Him.
Luke 19:10
for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”