Luke 6:19 (YLT)

Passage

and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:17 and having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses,

Luke 6:18 and those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed,

Luke 6:19 and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

Luke 6:20 And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor--because yours is the reign of God.

Luke 6:21 `Happy those hungering now--because ye shall be filled. `Happy those weeping now--because ye shall laugh.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "and those harassed by unclean spirits and..." into verse 20's "And he having lifted up his eyes...", so "multitude" and "seeking" 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 "multitude" and "seeking" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.