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Matthew 9:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— But when Jesus heard [this], He said, “[It is] not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— But when Jesus heard [that], he said to them, They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, he, hearing it, said,—No need have the strong, of a physician, but they who are sick.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Nowe when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole neede not a Physition, but they that are sicke.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— But when Iesus heard [that], hee said vnto them, They that be whole neede not a Physicion, but they that are sicke.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— But when Jesus heard it, he said to them, Those who are well need no doctor, but those who are seriously sick.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— But Jeshu, when he heard (it), said to them, The healthful have no need for the physician, but they who are diseased.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— And as Jesus heard [it], he said to them: They who are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are very sick.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
But 1161
{1161} Prime
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
when Jesus 2424
{2424} Prime
Ἰησοῦς
Iesous
{ee-ay-sooce'}
Of Hebrew origin [H3091]; Jesus (that is, Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites.
heard 191
{0191} Prime
ἀκούω
akouo
{ak-oo'-o}
A primary verb; to hear (in various senses).
z5660
<5660> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 714
[that], he said 2036
{2036} Prime
ἔπω
epo
{ep'-o}
A primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from G2046, G4483 and G5346); to speak or say (by word or writting).
z5627
<5627> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 2138 plus 1 in a variant reading in a footnote
unto them, 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
They that be y2192
[2192] Standard
ἔχω
echo
{ekh'-o}
A primary verb (including an alternate form σχέω [[scheo]], {skheh'-o}; used in certain tenses only); to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
whole 2480
{2480} Prime
ἰσχύω
ischuo
{is-khoo'-o}
From G2479; to have (or exercise) force (literally or figuratively).
z5723
<5723> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 2549
need 5532
{5532} Prime
χρεία
chreia
{khri'-ah}
From the base of G5530 or G5534; employment, that is, an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution.
x2192
(2192) Complement
ἔχω
echo
{ekh'-o}
A primary verb (including an alternate form σχέω [[scheo]], {skheh'-o}; used in certain tenses only); to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition).
not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
a physician, 2395
{2395} Prime
ἰατρός
iatros
{ee-at-ros'}
From G2390; a physician.
but 235
{0235} Prime
ἀλλά
alla
{al-lah'}
Neuter plural of G0243; properly other things, that is, (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations).
they that are y2192
[2192] Standard
ἔχω
echo
{ekh'-o}
A primary verb (including an alternate form σχέω [[scheo]], {skheh'-o}; used in certain tenses only); to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition).
z5723
<5723> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 2549
sick. 2560
{2560} Prime
κακῶς
kakos
{kak-oce'}
Adverb from G2556; badly (physically or morally).
x2192
(2192) Complement
ἔχω
echo
{ekh'-o}
A primary verb (including an alternate form σχέω [[scheo]], {skheh'-o}; used in certain tenses only); to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Matthew 9:12

_ _ But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them — to the Pharisees and scribes; addressing Himself to them, though they had shrunk from addressing Him.

_ _ They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick — that is, “Ye deem yourselves whole; My mission, therefore, is not to you: The physician’s business is with the sick; therefore eat I with publicans and sinners.” Oh, what myriads of broken hearts, of sin-sick souls, have been bound up by this matchless saying!

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Matthew 9:9-13.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
They that be whole:

Psalms 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Psalms 41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Psalms 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, [saying], This [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Hosea 14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Mark 2:17 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.
Luke 5:31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
Luke 8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
Luke 9:11 And the people, when they knew [it], followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
Luke 18:11-13 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. ... And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Romans 7:9-24 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. ... O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Revelation 3:17-18 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: ... I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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Ps 6:2; 41:4; 147:3. Jr 17:14; 30:17; 33:6. Ho 14:4. Mk 2:17. Lk 5:31; 8:43; 9:11; 18:11. Ro 7:9. Rv 3:17.

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