Objection: Jesus Only Said That He Was Sent to Heal the Brokenhearted, Not the Sick

Luke 4:18-19:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

This claim, based on the verses above, is dubious to begin with, because Scripture refers to sickness as captivity (Job 42:10) and being under the devil’s harsh control (see Notes on Acts 10:38).  Recovering of sight to the blind could certainly include physical healing.  (It certainly does NOT refer to people who were blind to New Testament truths, as it would be impossible for people to “recover” something they never had in the first place.)  They that are “bruised” could be figurative or literal as well (unfortunately, the Greek word used for bruised is not found anywhere else in the New Testament so we have no other usage for comparison).

Jesus obviously WAS sent to heal the physically sick, because He healed multitudes of sick people and stated that He only did that which pleased the Father (John 8:29).  Jesus came from heaven to do the will of Him who sent Him (John 6:38).  He said that He did His works in His Father’s name (John 10:25) and that He did the works of His Father (John 10:37-38).

Thus, it was God’s will to heal the sick, and He sent Jesus to do it.  His statements above furnish ample proof of this.

This objection shows the danger of pulling one Scripture out of the context of the rest of the Bible to make a point.