Mark 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
Mark 2:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Mark 2:1723 words
καὶkaiand / also
ἀκούσαςakousashear
ὁhothe
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesus
λέγειlegeisay
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ὅτιhotithat / because
ΟὐOunot
χρείανchreianbusiness, lack, necessary(-ity)
ἔχουσινechousinhave
οἱhoithe
ἰσχύοντεςischyontesbe able, avail, can do(-not)
ἰατροῦiatrouphysician
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
οἱhoithe
κακῶςkakōsamiss, diseased, evil
ἔχοντεςechonteshave
οὐκouknot
ἦλθονēlthoncome / go
καλέσαιkalesaibid, call (forth), (whose
δικαίουςdikaiousjust, meet, right(-eous)
ἀλλὰallaand, but (even), howbeit
ἁμαρτωλούςhamartōloussinful, sinner
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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