King James Version
Luke 5:31 in the King James Version says “And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.”
Luke 5:31 · KJV
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“answering”
G611to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“need”
G5532employment, i.e., an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
“they that are”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“They that are whole”
G5198to have sound health, i.e., be well (in body); figuratively, to be uncorrupt (true in doctrine)
“they that are”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
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