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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 And He came to (A)Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and as was His custom, (B)He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and (C)stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,

18 (D)The Spirit of the [a]Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,
19 (E)To proclaim the favorable year of the [b]Lord.”

20 And He (F)closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and (G)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 [c]hearing.” 22 And all were [d]speaking well of Him and marveling at the [e]gracious words which were coming forth from His lips, and they were saying, “(H)Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23 And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard took place (I)at Capernaum, do also here in (J)your hometown as well.’” 24 And He said, “Truly I say to you, (K)no prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25 But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel (L)in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land, 26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but (M)only to [f]Zarephath, in the land of (N)Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, but (O)only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things, 29 and they stood up and (P)drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the edge of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff. 30 But (Q)passing through their midst, He went on His way.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:18 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 61:1
  2. Luke 4:19 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 61:2
  3. Luke 4:21 Lit ears
  4. Luke 4:22 Or testifying
  5. Luke 4:22 Or words of grace
  6. Luke 4:26 Gr Sarepta

Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth(A)

16 Then Jesus[a] came to Nazareth, where he had been raised. As was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. When he stood up to read, 17 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

18 “The Spirit of the Lord[b] is upon me;
    he has anointed me to tell
        the good news to the poor.
He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners
    and recovery of sight to the blind,
        to set oppressed people free,
19 and to announce the year of the Lord’s[c] favor.”[d]

20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. While the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him, 21 he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled, as you’ve heard it read aloud.”[e]

22 All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, “This is Joseph’s son, isn’t it?”

23 So he told them, “You will probably quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, heal yourself! Do everything here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.’”

24 He added, “I tell all of you[f] with certainty, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown. 25 I’m telling you the truth—there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when it didn’t rain[g] for three years and six months and there was a severe famine everywhere in the land. 26 Yet Elijah wasn’t sent to a single one of those widows except to one at Zarephath in Sidon. 27 There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha’s time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

28 All the people in the synagogue became furious when they heard this. 29 They got up, forced Jesus[h] out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their city was built, intending to throw him off. 30 But he walked right through the middle of them and went away.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:16 Lit. he
  2. Luke 4:18 The MT source citation reads Lord
  3. Luke 4:19 The MT source citation reads Lord
  4. Luke 4:19 Cf. Isa 61:1-2; 58:6
  5. Luke 4:21 Lit. fulfilled in your ears
  6. Luke 4:24 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
  7. Luke 4:25 Lit. when the heavens were closed
  8. Luke 4:29 Lit. him