KJV: But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
YLT: And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;
Darby: But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.
ASV: But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
| Ὁ | - |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἀκούσας | having heard |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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| εἶπεν | He said |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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| χρείαν | need |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: χρεία Sense: necessity, need. |
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| οἱ | those |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἰσχύοντες | being strong |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἰσχύω Sense: to be strong. |
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| ἰατροῦ | of a physician |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ἰατρός Sense: a physician. |
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| κακῶς | sick |
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Parse: Adverb Root: κακῶς Sense: miserable, to be ill. |
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| ἔχοντες | being |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἔχω Sense: to have, i.e. to hold. |
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Greek Commentary for Matthew 9:12
Probably a current proverb about the physician. As a physician of body and soul Jesus was bound to come in close touch with the social outcasts. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Matthew 9:12
Old Greek word for good health from υγιης hugiēs sound in body. So also in Luke 7:10; Luke 15:27; 3 John 1:2. This is the usual word for good health used by Greek medical writers. Mark 2:17; Matthew 9:12 have οι ισχυοντες hoi ischuontes (those who have strength). [source]
Alone in Luke not genuine in Mark 2:17; Matthew 9:12. Only sinners would need a call to repentance, a change of mind and life. For the moment Jesus accepts the Pharisaic division between “righteous” and “sinners” to score them and to answer their criticism. At the other times he will show that they only pretend to be “righteous” and are “hypocrites” in reality. But Jesus has here blazed the path for all soul-winners. The self-satisfied are the hard ones to win and they often resent efforts to win them to Christ. [source]