When Jesus heard this he said to them,“ Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

耶稣听见，就对他们说：“康健的人用不着医生，有病的人才用得着。我来本不是召义人，乃是召罪人。”

耶稣听见，就对他们说：“健康的人用不着医生，有病的人才用得着。我不是来召义人，而是召罪人。”

耶稣听见，就对他们说：“健康的人用不着医生，有病的人才用得着。我不是来召义人，而是召罪人。”

耶稣听见了，就说：“健康的人不需要医生，有病的人才需要。我来不是要召义人，乃是要召罪人。”

耶稣听见了，就对他们说：“健康的人不需要医生，有病的人才需要；我来不是要召义人，而是要召罪人。”

耶稣听见了，就对他们说：“健康的人不需要医生，有病的人才需要。我来不是要召唤义人，而是要召唤罪人。”

耶穌聽見，就對他們說：「康健的人用不着醫生，有病的人才用得着。我來本不是召義人，乃是召罪人。」

耶穌聽見，就對他們說：「健康的人用不着醫生，有病的人才用得着。我不是來召義人，而是召罪人。」

耶穌聽見，就對他們說：「健康的人用不着醫生，有病的人才用得着。我不是來召義人，而是召罪人。」

耶穌聽見了，就說：「健康的人不需要醫生，有病的人才需要。我來不是要召義人，乃是要召罪人。」

耶穌聽見了，就對他們說：“健康的人不需要醫生，有病的人才需要；我來不是要召義人，而是要召罪人。”

耶穌聽見，就對他們說：『強壯的沒有需要醫生，有病的才有需要；我來不是要召義人，乃是要召罪人。』

耶穌聽見了，就對他們說：「健康的人不需要醫生，有病的人才需要。我來不是要召喚義人，而是要召喚罪人。」

耶穌聞之曰、健者不需醫、惟病者需之、我來、非召義人、乃召罪人耳、○

耶穌聞之曰、康強者不需醫、負病者需之、我來非招義人、乃招罪人悔改耳、○

耶穌聞而謂之曰、康強者不需醫士、惟負病者需之、我來非召義人、乃召罪人悔改、○

耶穌聞而答曰：『康健者不需醫、正唯病者需之。吾之來也、非召義者、乃召罪人。』

On hearing this, Jesus said to them,“ It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus heard that. So he said to them,“ Those who are healthy don’t need a doctor. Sick people do. I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to follow me.”

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them,“ Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

When Jesus heard this, he told them,“ Healthy people don’t need a doctor— sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

When Jesus heard this, he told them,“ It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

And hearing this, Jesus* said to them,“ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

When Jesus heard it, He said to them,“ Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

When Jesus heard this, He told them,“ Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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.

When Jesus heard it, he said to them,“ Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

When Jesus heard this he said,“ Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.Go and learn what this saying means:‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus answered them,“ Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety- nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“ Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them!But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.But“ when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”

The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“ We are not blind too, are we?”

Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

but he answered his father,‘ Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.( For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.)But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“ Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

“ See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

But Jesus said to them,“ You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

They replied,“ You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.