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.”

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.”

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 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.”

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.”

But when Jesus heard this, He said,“ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.Now go and learn what this means:‘ I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

And Jesus answered and said to them,“ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”

I tell you that 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 of repentance.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost.Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but in accordance with His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,whom He richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior,so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

Those who were with Him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to Him,“ We are not blind too, are we?”

The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

But he answered and said to his father,‘ Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you never gave me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.For one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone would even dare to die.But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

“ Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord,“ Though your sins are as scarlet, They shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.

“ See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

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

And He said to them,“ You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of people, but God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.

They answered him,“ You were born entirely in sins, and yet you are teaching us?” So they put him out.

but continually proclaimed to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and then all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they are to repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, eager for good deeds.