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Luke 4:43 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 43. 43And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 4:43 makes kingdom proclamation in other towns the reason Jesus will not remain owned by one crowd.
Read It With
- Luke 4:38–4:44
Read Luke 4:43 with 4:38–4:44. In isolation, this contribution—makes kingdom proclamation in other towns the reason Jesus will not remain owned by one crowd—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus leaves the synagogue, rebukes Simon's mother-in-law's fever, receives crowds after sunset, heals many, silences spirits, prays in solitude, and insists on preaching God's kingdom in other towns.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 4:43 makes kingdom proclamation in other towns the reason Jesus will not remain owned by one crowd. This precise contribution belongs inside “Healings Serve the Wider Preaching Mission” because Jesus leaves the synagogue, rebukes Simon's mother-in-law's fever, receives crowds after sunset, heals many, silences spirits, prays in solitude, and insists on preaching God's kingdom in other towns.
Follow the Context
- Identify the actors, setting, and initiating speech or action in Luke 4:38–4:44.
- Jesus leaves the synagogue, rebukes Simon's mother-in-law's fever, receives crowds after sunset, heals many, silences spirits, prays in solitude, and insists on preaching God's kingdom in other towns.
- Hold this material interpretive limit in view: The healed woman immediately serves, which can describe restored agency without making service a debt owed for healing. Summary healings do not disclose every case or guarantee universal cure now.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
This verse does not detach its specific contribution—makes kingdom proclamation in other towns the reason Jesus will not remain owned by one crowd—from the complete unit or override the unit's explicit boundary: The scene does not make sick people spiritually deficient, require women to serve, replace medicine, or let popular demand own a caregiver's mission.
What Remains True
Luke 4:43 makes kingdom proclamation in other towns the reason Jesus will not remain owned by one crowd. Read inside Luke 4:38–4:44, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: Jesus leaves the synagogue, rebukes Simon's mother-in-law's fever, receives crowds after sunset, heals many, silences spirits, prays in solitude, and insists on preaching God's kingdom in other towns. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- Luke 4:43 makes kingdom proclamation in other towns the reason Jesus will not remain owned by one crowd. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Care for sick people without making recovery, service, or public testimony a debt; caregivers may set prayerful limits rather than letting popularity own their mission.
Teach It Back
Explain Luke 4:43's specific contribution to Luke 4:38–4:44: makes kingdom proclamation in other towns the reason Jesus will not remain owned by one crowd. Include the preceding and following movement, one source-controlled uncertainty, one affected person or group, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Read Luke 4:38–4:44 — Healings Serve the Wider Preaching MissionSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 4:38–4:44, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 4:38–4:44
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 4:38–4:44
Open source ↗