Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."
New American Standard Bible
And hearing this, Jesus *said to them,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
When Jesus heard this, He told them,
International Standard Version
When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."
A Conservative Version
And when Jesus heard it he says to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those faring badly. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance.
American Standard Version
And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Amplified
When Jesus heard this, He said to them,
An Understandable Version
When Jesus heard [about] this, He said to them, "People who are healthy do not need a doctor, but [only] sick people do. I did not come to call those who do right, but sinners [instead]."
Anderson New Testament
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them: Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.
Common New Testament
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jesus hearing this, said to them, they that are in health, have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
Darby Translation
And Jesus having heard it says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.
Godbey New Testament
Jesus hearing, says to them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Goodspeed New Testament
Jesus heard it, and said to them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor. I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."
John Wesley New Testament
They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jesus having heard, says to them, They being strong have no need of a physician, but those being affected: I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.
King James 2000
When Jesus heard it, he said 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [when] Jesus heard [it], he said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Modern King James verseion
When Jesus heard, He said to them, They who are strong have no need of a physician, but the ones who have illness. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When Jesus heard that, he said unto them, "The whole have no need of the Physician: but the sick. I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance."
Montgomery New Testament
On hearing this Jesus said to them. "It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
NET Bible
When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
New Heart English Bible
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
Noyes New Testament
And Jesus hearing it, saith to them, They who are well do not need a physician, but they who are sick. I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.
Sawyer New Testament
And Jesus hearing it, said to them, The well need not a physician, but the ill; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
The Emphasized Bible
And, hearing it, Jesus saith unto them - No need, have the strong of a physician, but they who are sick, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They who are in strong health have no need of a physician, but they who have illness: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Hearing this, Jesus said: "It is not those who are in health that need a doctor, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast."
Webster
When Jesus heard it, he saith to them, They that are in health, have no need of a physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
Weymouth New Testament
Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."
Williams New Testament
Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor. It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."
World English Bible
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Worrell New Testament
And Jesus, hearing it, says to them, "Those who are well need not a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
Worsley New Testament
Which Jesus hearing, saith unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are ill: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, 'They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'
Themes
spiritual Disease » General references to
Irony » Instances of » Jesus to the pharisees
Repentance » Jesus Christ coming to call sinners to repentance
Topics
Interlinear
Ischuo
Chreia
Alla
ἀλλά
Alla
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461
Kakos
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 2:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Dining With Sinners
16 So when some scribes of the Pharisees saw he was eating with sinners and taxgatherers they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with taxgatherers and sinners?" 17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners." 18 As the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were observing a fast, people came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast?"
Cross References
Matthew 9:12-13
When Jesus heard it he said, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.
Luke 5:31-32
Jesus replied to them, "Healthy people have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill:
Luke 15:7
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.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."
Matthew 18:10
See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.
Luke 15:10
So, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over a single sinner who repents."
Luke 15:29
but he replied, 'Look at all the years I have been serving you! I have never neglected any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, to let me make merry with my friends.
Luke 16:15
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.
John 9:34
They retorted, "And so you would teach us ??you, born in utter depravity!" Then they expelled him.
John 9:40
On hearing this the Pharisees who were beside him asked, "And are we blind?"
Acts 20:21
bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:20
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.
Romans 5:6-8
For when we were still in weakness, Christ died in due time for the ungodly. For the ungodly!
Romans 5:20-21
Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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
1 Timothy 1:15-16
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,
Titus 2:14
who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.
Titus 3:3-7
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.