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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Jesus responds to what the scribes had said to his disciples about his eating with tax collectors and sinful people.
-
 # he said to them
 
 "he said to the scribes"
 
 # People who are strong in body do not need a physician; only people who are sick need one
 
-Jesus used this proverb about sick people and doctors to teach them that only people who know that they are sinful realize that they need Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-proverbs]])
+Jesus used this proverb about sick people and doctors to teach them that only people who know that they are sinful realize that they need Jesus.
 
 # strong in body
 
 "healthy"
 
-# I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners
-
-Jesus expects his hearers to understand he came for those who want help. Alternate translation: "I came for people who understand they are sinful, not for people who believe they are righteous" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]])
-
-# but sinners
-
-The words "I came to call" are understood from the phrase before this. Alternate translation: "but I came to call sinners" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
+# I did not come to call righteous people, but I came to call sinners
 
+"I came for people who understand they are sinful, not for people who believe they are righteous"