Matthew 9:12

Matthew 9:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
• New International Version (NIV)On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Context of Matthew 9:12

10And it came to pass, as Jesus sat eating in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why eateth your Master with tax collectors and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that are well need not a physician, but they that are sick. 13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not?

Matthew 9:12 word by word

ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας εἶπεν οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες ἰατροῦ ἀλλ᾽ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες.Read the interlinear

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• areἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• wellἰσχύωischuō · be strongG2480
• needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• notοὐou · noG3756
• physicianἰατρόςiatros · physicianG2395
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• sickκακῶςkakōs · badlyG2560

Cross-references for Matthew 9:12

• Psalms 6:2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
• Psalms 41:4I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
• Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
• Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
• Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health to 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 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
• Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him.
• Mark 2:17When Jesus heard it, he saith to them, They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
• Luke 5:31And Jesus answering said to them, They that are well need not a physician; but they that are sick.
• Luke 8:43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed by any,
• Luke 9:11And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
• Luke 18:11The 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 tax collector.
• Romans 7:9For I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
• Revelation 3:17Because 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:

Commentaries on Matthew 9:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They that be whole need not a physician - A common proverb, which none could either misunderstand or misapply. Of it the reader may make the following use: - Jesus Christ represents himself here as the sovereign Physician of souls. That all stand in need of his healing power. That men must acknowledge their spiritual maladies, and the need they have of his mercy, in order to be healed by him. 4. That it is the most inveterate and dangerous disease the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12They that be whole … - Jesus, in reply, said that the whole needed not a physician. Sick persons only needed his aid. A physician would not commonly be found with those that were in health. His proper place was among the sick. So, says he, “If you Pharisees are such as you think yourselves - already pure and holy - you do not need my aid. It would be of no use to you, and you would not thank me for it. With those persons who feel that they are sinners I…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-13Verses 10-13 Some time after his call, Matthew sought to bring his old associates to hear Christ. He knew by experience what the grace of Christ could do, and would not despair concerning them. Those who are effectually brought to Christ, cannot but desire that others also may be brought to him. Those who suppose their souls to be without disease will not welcome the spiritual Physician. This was the case with the Pharisees; they despised Christ, because…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-13Jesus, as Lord and Messiah, removed the obstacles that stopped righteous Jews from interacting with people considered ceremonially unclean or sinful.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 9:12

• Capernaum
• Disease
• Ecclesiasticism
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Pharisees
• Physician
• Self-Righteousness

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Commentaries on Matthew 9

• 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