Luke 6:19 (KJV)

Passage

And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

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

Luke 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be 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", "whole", "multitude", "sought", "touch", "went", and "virtue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "healed" and "whole", 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 vexed with unclean..." into verse 20's "And he lifted up his eyes on...", so "healed" and "whole" 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 "whole" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.