King James Version

Mark 2:17

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “that” (ὅτι) before No here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “into repentance” (εἰς μετάνοιαν.) after sinners here.

καὶkaiWhenκαίconjunction — “When”G2532and, even, also, namely.Whenἀκούσαςakousasheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.λέγειlegeiit, he saithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it, he saith”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.it, he saithαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.noχρείανchreianneedχρεία (chreia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “need”, the object formG5532need, necessity, business.This verse uses “need”.needἔχουσινechousinthey that areἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they that are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.they that areοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἰσχύοντεςischuontesbe strongἰσχύω (ischuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “be strong”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2480I have strength, am strong, am in full health and vigor, am able; meton: I prevail.ἰατροῦiatrouphysicianἰατρός (iatros)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “physician”, the of-formG2395a physician.ἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κακῶςkakōsbadlyκακῶςadverb — “badly”G2560badly, evilly, wrongly.This verse uses “badly”.ἔχοντεςechontesto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἦλθονēlthonto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.καλέσαιkalesaito callκαλέω (kaleō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to call”, a single actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.This verse uses “call”.δικαίουςdikaiousjustδίκαιος (dikaios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “just”, the object formG1342just; especially, just in the eyes of God; righteous; the elect (a Jewish idea).This verse uses “just”.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.ἁμαρτωλούςhamartōloussinnersἁμαρτωλός (hamartōlos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “sinners”, the object formG268sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable.sinners

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.μετάνοιανmetanoianrepentanceμετάνοια (metanoia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “repentance”, the object formG3341repentance, a change of mind, change in the inner man.This verse uses “repentance”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, 'They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, 'They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

World English Bible

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.”

Darby Translation

And Jesus having heard [it] says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous [men], but sinners.

Douay-Rheims

Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.

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