Luke 5:31

Luke 5:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Context of Luke 5:31

29And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. 30The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling to His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 32I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.” 33And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”

Luke 5:31 word by word

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ὑγιαίνοντες ἰατροῦ ἀλλ᾽ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες.Read the interlinear

• And JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• not thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• who are healthyὑγιαίνωhugiainō · be healthyG5198
• who needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• a physicianἰατρόςiatros · physicianG2395
• who are sickκακῶςkakōs · badlyG2560

Cross-references for Luke 5:31

• Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored?
• Matthew 9:12But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.
• Mark 2:17And hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Commentaries on Luke 5:31

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 See the notes at Matthew 9:9-13. Luke 5:29 Made him a great feast - This circumstance “Matthew,” or “Levi” as he is here called, has omitted in his own gospel. This fact shows how little inclined the evangelists are to say anything in favor of themselves or to praise themselves. True religion does not seek to commend itself, or to speak of what it does, even when it is done for the Son of God. It seeks retirement; it delights rather in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-39Verses 27-39 It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was made so effectual. It was a wonder of his grace, that he came to call sinners to repentance, and to assure them of pardon. It was a wonder of his grace, that he so patiently bore the contradiction of sinners against himself and his disciples. It was a wonder of his grace, that he fixed the services…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-32Jesus responded that, like a doctor, his mission was to work with sick people, not the healthy. Jesus was not called to minister to self-righteous people, but to those who recognized their spiritual need for God’s grace and healing.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 5:31

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Physician
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Commentaries on Luke 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings