12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
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And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
Because 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: …
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.
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-13)In these verses we have an account of the grace and favour of Christ to poor publicans, particularly to Matthew. What he did to the bodies of people was to make way for a kind design upon their souls. Now observe here, I. The call of Matthew, the penman of this gospel. Mark and Luke call him Levi; it was ordinary for the same person to have two names: perhaps Matthew was the name he was most known…
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