18. The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,because He has anointed Meto preach good news to the poor.He has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captivesand recovery of sight to the blind,to set free the oppressed,
19. to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
20. He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21. He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”
22. They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son? ”
23. Then He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself. So all we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown also.’ ”
24. He also said, “I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown.
25. But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.