But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them,
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
See how He turned their reasoning to the opposite conclusion. That is, while they made it a charge against Him that He was in company with these men: He on the contrary says, that His not being with them would be unworthy of Him, and of His love of man; and that to amend such persons is not only blameless, but excellent, and necessary, and deserving of all sorts of praise.
