31And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
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When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. …
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-35)All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace , which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ’s being sent of God than the other. I. It was a wonder of his grace that he would call a publican , from the receipt of…
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