ELL Bible Study: Luke 6:17-19 — Jesus Teaches and Heals

This Bible study lesson is for people who are learning English (ELL or ESL students). It is made for advanced beginner and intermediate English learners. Children who speak English or adults who prefer easy English may also enjoy it and learn from it, although I also have a Sunday School lesson on Luke that may work better for native English speakers.

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Luke 6:17-19 Printable Discussion Questions

Lesson Icebreaker Question

Have you ever traveled a long way to see someone important or special? Who was it, and why did you go?

Lesson Highlight

In this lesson, we will learn how people came from many places to see Jesus. They wanted to hear his words and be healed by him. We will see how Jesus cared for everyone who came to him.

Vocabulary Lists

Vocabulary List Using the ERV Bible Translation

Here is your formatted vocabulary list for the passage, written at a 3rd-4th grade reading level for your students.
All Around — From many different places in the area.
Because — The reason why something is happening.
Apostles — The special twelve men Jesus chose to follow him and tell others about God.
Came Down — Moved from a higher place to a lower place.
Coming Out — Moving from the inside of something to the outside.
Crowd — A large group of people in one place.
Everyone — All of the people in the crowd.
Evil Spirits — Bad, unseen beings that hurt people or cause trouble.
Flat — Level and smooth; having no bumps.
Follower — A person who agrees with someone and goes with them.
Heal — To make a sick person healthy again.
Hear — To listen with your ears.
Large — Big in size or number.
Many — A large number of people or things.
Mountain — A very large hill; a high place on the land.
People — A group of men, women, or children.
Place — A space or area where something happens.
Power — Strength or ability to do something.
Seacoast Cities — Cities that are built right next to the ocean or the sea.
Sickness — When a person’s body is not healthy.
Stood — To stay in one place on your feet.
Teach — To help people learn something.
Touch — To put your hand on something.
Troubled — Feeling upset, afraid, or having problems.
Trying — Making an effort to do something.

Vocabulary List Using the GNT Bible Translation

Apostles — The special twelve men Jesus chose to follow him and tell others about God.
Come Down — To move from a higher place to a lower place.
Crowd — A large group of people in one place.
Disciples — People who follow a teacher or leader and learn from them.
Disease — A sickness that makes the body not work well.
Evil Spirits — Bad, unseen beings that hurt people or cause trouble.
Going Out — Moving away from a person or place.
Heal — To make a sick person healthy again.
Hear — To listen with your ears.
Hill — A small mountain or high place on the land.
Large — Big in size or number.
Level Place — A flat area of land with no hills.
Power — Strength or ability to do something.
Teach — To help people learn something.
Touch — To put your hand on something.
Tried — Made an effort to do something.
Troubled — Feeling upset, afraid, or having problems.

Summary of the Passage

This passage happens after Jesus chose twelve special helpers called apostles. Jesus came down from the hill with them and stood on a flat, open area. Many people were there to see him. They came from different places, like Judea, Jerusalem, and cities by the sea called Tyre and Sidon. These people had heard about Jesus and wanted to hear what he had to say.

Some people came because they were sick. Some had problems in their hearts and minds. The Bible says they were troubled by evil spirits. These people hoped Jesus would help them, and he did. Jesus made sick people well and helped those who were hurting inside.

All the people wanted to touch Jesus because power was coming from him. This power made people healthy again. No one was left out. Everyone who came to Jesus was healed.

This passage shows us that Jesus loves and cares for all kinds of people. It teaches us that Jesus has the power to help people in their bodies and hearts. No problem is too big for him.

Read The Passage

Most English learners should use the Easy-to-Read Version (ERV), the New International Reader’s Version (NIRV), or the Good News Translation (GNT). If you want to try something harder, you can read one of the other Bible versions.

Text from the ERV Bible Translation

Jesus Teaches and Heals the People
17 Jesus and the apostles came down from the mountain.
Jesus stood on a flat place. A large crowd of his followers was there.
Also, there were many people from all around Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast cities of Tyre and Sidon.
18 They all came to hear Jesus teach and to be healed of their sicknesses.
He healed the people who were troubled by evil spirits.
19 Everyone was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him.
Jesus healed them all.
Luke 6:17-19 (ERV)

Text from the GNT Bible Translation

Jesus Teaches and Heals
17 When Jesus had come down from the hill with the apostles, he stood on a level place with a large number of his disciples. A large crowd of people was there from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from the coast cities of Tyre and Sidon;
18 they had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those who were troubled by evil spirits also came and were healed.
19 All the people tried to touch him, for power was going out from him and healing them all.
Luke 6:17-19 (GNT)