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Rejection at Nazareth

Luke 4:14-30

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Chapter 4
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and a report went out about him throughout all the surrounding region. 15 And he was teaching in their synagogues and was glorified by all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And according to his custom, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written. 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the crushed. 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 20 And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." 22 And all bore witness to him and marveled at the words of grace proceeding from his mouth. And they said, "Is this not the son of Joseph?" 23 And he said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself. As we heard that many things happened in Capernaum, do them also here in your hometown.'" 24 But he said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown." 25 Truly I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was shut up for three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the earth, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them except to Zarephath in the region of Sidon, to a widow woman. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all in the synagogue were filled with wrath when they heard these things. 29 They got up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down the cliff. 30 But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.