Mark 2:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

They that are whole

John 9:34

I came

General references

Mark 7:5

Bible References

They that are whole

When Jesus heard it he said, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.

Jesus replied to them, "Healthy people have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill:

So, I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over a single sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.

They retorted, "And so you would teach us ??you, born in utter depravity!" Then they expelled him.

I came

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So, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over a single sinner who repents."

For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."

bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

I announced to those at Damascus and at Jerusalem in the first instance, then all over the land of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they were to repent and turn to God by acting up to their repentance.

For when we were still in weakness, Christ died in due time for the ungodly. For the ungodly!

What! do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Realm of God? Make no mistake about it; neither the immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor catamites nor sodomites

It is a sure word, it deserves all praise, that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"; and though I am the foremost of sinners,

who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another.

General references

Then the Pharisees and scribes put this question to him, "Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders? Why do they take their food with 'common' hands?"