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Butδὲhe,ὁhearing it,ἀκούσαςsaid,εἶπεν“The healthyοἱ ἰσχύοντεςhaveἔχουσινnoΟὐneedχρείανof a doctor,ἰατροῦbutἀλλὰthose whoοἱare ill.κακῶς ἔχοντες
Matthew 9:12
Study it in the app“But he, hearing it, said, “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 9:12, word by word
- hearing itἀκούσαςakousas
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akousas” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “The healthyἰσχύοντεςischyontes
be strong
To be strong or valid, or to win out.
Where else “ischyontes” appears- haveἔχουσινechousin
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousin” appears- needχρείανchreian
need
What is lacking, required.
Where else “chreian” appears- of a doctorἰατροῦiatrou
physician
Physician, doctor.
Where else “iatrou” appears- are illκακῶςkakōs
be ill
To be unwell, suffer greatly.
Where else “kakōs” appears
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Matthew 9:9-13
9And passing on from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10And it happened, as he was reclining at table in the house, that look, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11And seeing this, the Pharisees were saying to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?” 12But he, hearing it, said, “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill. 13So go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
13And he went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 15And it happens that he is reclining at table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they were following him. 16And the scribes of the Pharisees, seeing that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, were saying to his disciples, “Why does he eat with the tax collectors and sinners?” 17And hearing it, Jesus says to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
27And after this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” 28And leaving behind everything, he got up and began following him. 29And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at table with them. 30And the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?” 31And Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to a change of mind.”
The context
11And seeing this, the Pharisees were saying to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”
12 · This verse (above)
13So go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
To study Matthew 9 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus say to the paralyzed man before healing him, and how did some scribes react (vv. 2–3)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners” as he sat with them (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
Jesus saw the crowds with compassion (v. 36). Whom around you could you look at with more compassion today?