Mark
Mark 2:17
17On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hearing this | ἀκούσας | akousas | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G191 I hear, listen |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2424 Jesus |
| told | λέγει | legei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| them | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| not | Οὐ | Ou | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| the | οἱ | hoi | Article - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| healthy | ἰσχύοντες | ischyontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G2480 I am strong, able |
| need | χρείαν | chreian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G5532 need, necessity, business |
| a doctor | ἰατροῦ | iatrou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2395 a physician |
| but | ἀλλ’ | all’ | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| the | οἱ | hoi | Article - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| sick | κακῶς | kakōs | Adverb | G2560 badly, evilly |
| I have not come | ἦλθον | ēlthon | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G2064 I come, go |
| to call | καλέσαι | kalesai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G2564 I call, invite, name |
| the righteous | δικαίους | dikaious | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G1342 just, righteous, impartial |
| but | ἀλλὰ | alla | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| sinners | ἁμαρτωλούς | hamartōlous | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G268 sinning, sinful, a sinner |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 15:7 · Matthew 9:12–13 · Luke 19:10 · Luke 5:31–32 · 1 Timothy 1:15–16 · Titus 3:3–7 · Romans 5:6–8 · Isaiah 55:7 · Luke 15:10 · Romans 5:20–21 · 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 · Isaiah 1:18
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.