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Luke 5:31
Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
Luke 5:31 · Berean Standard Bible
Luke 5:31 in other translations
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
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In context
28 and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
34 Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
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