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 unto them, Ye will surely, [ pantoos (G3843 ), 'Ye will no doubt'] say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself - not unlike our proverb, 'Charity begins at home.'
Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. 'Strange rumours have reached our ears of thy doings at Capernaum; but if such power resides in thee to cure the ills of humanity, why has none of it yet come nearer home, and why is all this alleged power reserved for strangers?' His choice of Capernaum as a place of residence since entering on public life was, it seems, already well known at Nazareth; and when He did come there, that he should give no displays of his power when distant places were ringing with His fame wounded their pride. He had indeed "laid His hands on a few sick folk, and healed them" (Mark 6:5); but this, as we have said, seems to have been done quite privately-the general unbelief precluding anything more open.