'Sick' in the Bible

When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick.

And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick;

naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’

When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’

I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’

Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they *spoke to Jesus about her.

And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.

and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.

Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.

they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them.

And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.

And a centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.

and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum.

In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [waiting for the moving of the waters;

The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.

if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,

to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them.

Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

And it happened at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upper room.

so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.

because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.