Mark 2:17

2:17 When Jesus heard this he said to them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. ¹  I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 6:56

6:56 And wherever he would go – into villages, towns, or countryside – they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if ²  they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Mark 16:18

16:18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; ³  they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”

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¹ sn Jesus’ point is that he associates with those who are sick because they have the need and will respond to the offer of help. A person who is healthy (or who thinks mistakenly that he is) will not seek treatment.

² tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”

³ tn For further comment on the nature of this statement, whether it is a promise or prediction, see ExSyn 403-6.