²¹ He began to say to them, “·While you heard these words just now, they were coming true [^LToday this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ears]!”

²² All the people spoke well of Jesus and were amazed at the ·words of grace [or gracious words] he spoke. They asked, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

²³ Jesus said to them, “·I know that [No doubt; Surely] you will ·tell [quote] me ·the old saying [this proverb]: ‘·Doctor [^TPhysician], heal yourself.’ You want to say, ‘We heard about the things you did in Capernaum [^Ca town in Galilee where Jesus lived and ministered]. Do those things here in your own town!’” ²⁴ Then Jesus said, “·I tell you the truth [^LTruly/Amen I say to you], a prophet is not ·accepted [welcomed] in his hometown. ²⁵ But I tell you ·the truth [truly], there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah. ·It did not rain [^LThe sky/heavens were shut] in Israel for three and one-half years, and there was ·no food anywhere [^La great famine] in the whole country [1 Kin. 17]. ²⁶ But Elijah was sent to none of those widows, only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon [^Ca Gentile city on the coast north of Israel]. ²⁷ And there were many ·with skin diseases [^Tlepers] living in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha. But none of them were ·healed [cured; cleansed], only Naaman, ·who was from the country of Syria [^Lthe Syrian; 2 Kin. 5].”

²⁸ When all the people in the synagogue heard these things, they ·became very angry [were furious; ^Lwere filled with wrath]. ²⁹ They got up, ·forced [drove] Jesus out of town, and took him to the ·edge [brow] of the ·cliff [hill] on which the town was built. They planned to throw him off the ·edge [cliff], ³⁰ but Jesus ·walked [passed] through the crowd and went on his way.