Luke 4:13-20

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¹³And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him ^(A)until an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

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

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

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

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

²⁰And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and ^(S)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were ^(T)fixed on him.

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Matthew 11:2-6

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²^(A)Now when John heard ^(B)in prison about the deeds of ^(C)the Christ, he sent word by ^(D)his disciples ³and said to him, “Are you ^(E)the one who is to come, or shall we ^(F)look for another?” ⁴And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: ⁵^(G)the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers^[a] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and ^(H)the poor have good news preached to them. ⁶And blessed is the one who ^(I)is not offended by me.”