Luke 4:16-30
Luke 4:16-30 (Good News Translation)
16Then Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the
Sabbath he went as usual to the synagogue. He stood up to read the
Scriptures
17and was handed
the book of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found
the place where it is written,
18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed
19and announce that the time has come
when the Lord will save his people.
20Jesus rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the
attendant, and sat down. All the people in the synagogue had their eyes
fixed on him,
21as he said to them,
This passage of scripture has come true today, as you heard it
being read.
22They were all well impressed with him and marveled at the
eloquent words that he spoke. They said,
Isn't he the son of Joseph?
23He said to them,
I am sure that you will quote this proverb to me,
Doctor, heal yourself. You will also tell me to do here in my
hometown the same things you heard were done in Capernaum.
24I tell you this,
Jesus added,
prophets are never welcomed in their hometown.
25Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in
Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three and a
half years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land.
26Yet Elijah was not sent to anyone in Israel, but only to a
widow living in Zarephath in the territory of Sidon.
27And there were many people suffering from a dreaded skin
disease who lived in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha; yet not
one of them was healed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
28When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were filled
with anger.
29They rose up, dragged Jesus out of town, and took him to the
top of the hill on which their town was built. They meant to throw him
over the cliff,
30but he walked through the middle of the crowd and went his
way.
16Then Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the
Sabbath he went as usual to the synagogue. He stood up to read the
Scriptures
17and was handed
the book of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found
the place where it is written,
18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed
19and announce that the time has come
when the Lord will save his people.
20Jesus rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the
attendant, and sat down. All the people in the synagogue had their eyes
fixed on him,
21as he said to them,
This passage of scripture has come true today, as you heard it
being read.
22They were all well impressed with him and marveled at the
eloquent words that he spoke. They said,
Isn't he the son of Joseph?
23He said to them,
I am sure that you will quote this proverb to me,
Doctor, heal yourself. You will also tell me to do here in my
hometown the same things you heard were done in Capernaum.
24I tell you this,
Jesus added,
prophets are never welcomed in their hometown.
25Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in
Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three and a
half years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land.
26Yet Elijah was not sent to anyone in Israel, but only to a
widow living in Zarephath in the territory of Sidon.
27And there were many people suffering from a dreaded skin
disease who lived in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha; yet not
one of them was healed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
28When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were filled
with anger.
29They rose up, dragged Jesus out of town, and took him to the
top of the hill on which their town was built. They meant to throw him
over the cliff,
30but he walked through the middle of the crowd and went his
way.
God bless you.
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