Luke 5:31
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
KJV
καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ὑγιαίνοντες ἰατροῦ ἀλλὰ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες·
Greek NT
Et respondens Jesus, dixit ad illos : Non egent qui sani sunt medico, sed qui male habent.
Vulgate
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.
ASV
And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole need not the physician: but they that are sick.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κακῶς
kakos
adverb · 16×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
χρεία
chreia
noun · 49×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἰατρός
iatros
noun · 7×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑγιαίνω
ugiaino
verb · 12×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Christ and His apostles, without any fraud, deception, or hypocrisy, preached that one God, the Father, was the founder of all things. They did not accommodate their doctrine to the prepossessions of their hearers. 1. Since, therefore, the tradition from the apostles does thus exist in the Church, and is permanent among us, let us revert to the Scriptural proof furnished by tho…
Cross-references
- Ezek 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong;
- Jer 8:22 — Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
- Jer 8:22 — Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
- Luke 19:10 — For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
- 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.
- 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.
- Matt 9:12 — But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
- Matt 9:12 — But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.