King James Version
Luke 4:23 in the King James Version says “And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done i...” — study this verse from Luke chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Luke 4:23 · KJV
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
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.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“surely”
G3843entirely; specially, at all events, (with negative, following) in no event
“proverb”
G3850a similitude ("parable"), i.e., (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
“heal”
G2323to wait upon menially, i.e., (figuratively) to adore (god), or (specially) to relieve (of disease)
“done”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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