Luke 6:19 (ASV)

Passage

And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed [them] all.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:17 and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Luke 6:18 and they that were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.

Luke 6:19 And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed [them] all.

Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [are] ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:21 Blessed [are] ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are] ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "healed", "multitude", "sought", "touch", "power", "came", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "healed" and "multitude", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "and they that were troubled with unclean..." into verse 20's "And he lifted up his eyes on...", so "healed" and "multitude" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "healed" and "multitude" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.