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Luke 9:6

What does Luke 9:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 9:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 9:6 means

The apostles obeyed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. This shows faithful implementation of Jesus’ commission: they announced God’s rule and demonstrated it by relieving sickness. The success is not boastful but descriptive: the kingdom advanced through word and deed. Their widespread activity validates Jesus’ commissioning and confirms that God’s power worked through them. It also anticipates the apostles’ later broader mission—this small start grows into the church’s witness as Jesus equips ordinary men for extraordinary service.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And they departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And they departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And going forth they were going through the several villages, proclaiming good news, and healing everywhere.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing every where.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And going forth they passed through the villages, announcing the glad tidings and healing everywhere.

Context

This verse reports the immediate fruit of the mission instructions in vv.1–5. It transitions the narrative from preparation to action and back to reporting, setting up the apostles’ return to Jesus in v.10. The summary prepares the stage for the public response to Jesus’ ministry, including Herod’s curiosity (vv.7–9) and the crowds’ attraction to Jesus, which results in the feeding miracle later in the chapter.

v.5And as many as receive you not, when ye depart from that city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

v.6This passage

v.7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Mark 6:12

    And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

  • Acts 5:15

    insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.

  • Mark 16:20

    And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

  • Luke 9:1

    And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

  • Acts 4:30

    while thou stretchest forth thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.

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