Luke 4:23

And he said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself, (or Truly, or Surely, ye shall say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself). The Pharisees said to Jesus, How (or What) great things have we heard done in Capernaum, do thou also here in thy country.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And all men gave witnessing to him (or And everyone gave good testimony about him), and wondered in the words of grace, that came forth of [or that came out of] his mouth. And they said, Whether this is not the son of Joseph?

24And he said, Truly I say to you, that no prophet is received [or is accepted] in his own country. (And he said, I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.)

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Cross References

Matthew 4:13And he left the city of Nazareth, and came, and dwelt in the city of Capernaum, beside the sea, in the coasts of Zabulon and Nephthalim (or of Zebulun and Naphtali),

Matthew 11:23And thou, Capernaum, whether thou shalt be araised up into heaven? Thou shalt go down into hell. For if the virtues that be done in thee had been done in Sodom (or For if the works of power, or the miracles, that had been done in thee had been done in Sodom), peradventure they should have dwelled till into this day.

Mark 1:21And they entered into Capernaum, and anon in the sabbaths (or and at once on the Sabbath), he went into the synagogue, and taught them.

Mark 6:1And he went out from thence, and went into his own country; and his disciples followed him.

Luke 6:42Or how mayest thou say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, (and) I shall cast out the mote of thine eye, (or Brother, allow me, and I shall take out the speck from thine eye), and thou beholdest not a beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite, first take out [or cast out] the beam of thine eye, and then thou shalt see to take out the mote of thy brother’s eye.

John 4:28Therefore the woman left her water pot, and went into the city, and said to the men,

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:15-31

Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he… Read the whole commentary →

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