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 # When Jesus heard this
 
-Here "this" refers to the question the Pharisees asked about Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners.
+"When Jesus heard what the Pharisees said about him"
 
 # People who are strong in body do not need a physician, only those who are sick
 
-Jesus answers with a proverb. He means that he eats with these kinds of people because he has come to help sinners. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-proverbs]])
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-# People who are strong in body
-
-"People who are healthy"
+"People who are healthy do not need a doctor; only people who are sick need a doctor." Jesus means that just as sick people need a doctor, sinners need him.
 
 # physician
 
 doctor
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-# those who are sick
-
-The phrase "need a physician" is understood. Alternate translation: "people who are sick need a physician" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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