Luke 4:14-22

English Standard Version

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹⁴^(A)And Jesus returned ^(B)in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and ^(C)a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵And ^(D)he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

¹⁶^(E)And he came to ^(F)Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And ^(G)as was his custom, ^(H)he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up ^(I)to read. ¹⁷And ^(J)the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

¹⁸^(K)“The Spirit of the Lord ^(L)is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to ^(M)proclaim good news to the poor.
^(N)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and ^(O)recovering of sight to the blind,
    ^(P)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
¹⁹^(Q)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

²⁰And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and ^(R)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were ^(S)fixed on him. ²¹And he began to say to them, “Today ^(T)this Scripture ^(U)has been fulfilled in your hearing.” ²²And all spoke well of him and marveled at ^(V)the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, ^(W)“Is not this ^(X)Joseph's son?”