Mount Precipice, Nazareth, where it is thought the attempt to throw Jesus off the hill took place. [PD-US] |
Jesus began speaking in
the synagogue, saying:
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your
hearing.”
And all spoke highly of him
and were amazed at the gracious words that came
from his mouth.
They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”
He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this
proverb,
‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say,
‘Do here in your native place
the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’”
And he said, “Amen, I say to you,
no prophet is accepted in his own native place.
Indeed, I tell you,
there were many widows in Israel in the days of
Elijah
when the sky was closed for three and a half years
and a severe famine spread over the entire land.
It was to none of these that Elijah was sent,
but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of
Sidon.
Again, there were many lepers in Israel
during the time of Elisha the prophet;
yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman
the Syrian.”
When the people in the synagogue heard this,
they were all filled with fury.
They rose up, drove him out of the town,
and led him to the brow of the hill
on which their town had been built,
to hurl him down headlong.
But Jesus passed through the midst of them and
went away.
Luke 4:21-30
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