Luke 5:31 meaning and explanation

Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Luke 5:31, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is answering the Pharisees and scribes, who have just complained that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners at Levi's banquet. His reply is a proverb: a doctor goes where illness is, not where health already is.

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