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Luke 5:31-33
New Testament for Everyone
Luke 5:31-33
New Testament for Everyone
31 “Healthy people don’t need a doctor,” replied Jesus. “It’s sick people who do! 32 I haven’t come to call the righteous; I’m calling sinners to repentance.”
33 “John’s disciples often fast, and say prayers,” they said to him, “and so do the Pharisees’ followers—but your disciples eat and drink.”
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Luke 5:31-33
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Luke 5:31-33
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31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(A)
Jesus Questioned About Fasting(B)
33 They said to him, “John’s disciples(C) often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
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