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Luke 5:31

World English Bible

Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

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Luke 5:31 in other translations

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.

Luke 5:31 · American Standard Version

Luke 5:31 in context

  1. 29Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
  2. 30Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”
  3. 31Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
  4. 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
  5. 33They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”