Luke 4:23
21 and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
22 All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
24 Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
25 But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
- KJV
- And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
- WEB
- He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’”
- ASV
- And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country.
- DARBY
- And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.
- BLB
- And He said to them, “Surely you⁺ will say to Me this parable: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatsoever we heard was done in Capernaum, do also here in Your hometown.’”
- ÅB
- Og han sa til dem: Dere vil visst si til meg dette ordspråk: Lege, leg deg selv! Hva vi har hørt du gjorde i Kapernaum, gjør det også her på ditt hjemsted!
- OTB
- Jesus sa til dem: «Sannelig vil dere sitere dette ordtaket til meg: ‘Lege, helbred deg selv!’ Og dere vil si: ‘Gjør her i din hjemby det vi har hørt du gjorde i Kapernaum.’»
- B1930
- Og han sa til dem: I vil visst si til mig dette ordsprog: Læge, læg dig selv! Hvad vi har hørt du gjorde i Kapernaum, gjør det også her på ditt hjemsted!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 11:23–24
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Read in contextJohn 4:46–53
So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
Read in contextJohn 2:3–4
When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
Read in contextMark 2:1–12
A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
Read in contextRomans 2:21–22
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Read in contextMark 6:1
Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.
Read in contextMatthew 4:13
Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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