24. Then he said, “The truth is, a prophet is not accepted in his own hometown.
25-26. “During the time of Elijah it did not rain in Israel for three and a half years. There was no food anywhere in the whole country. There were many widows in Israel during that time. But the fact is, Elijah was sent to none of those widows in Israel. He was sent only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon.
27. “And there were many people with leprosy living in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha. But none of them were healed; the only one was Naaman. And he was from the country of Syria, not Israel.”
28. When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were very angry.
29. They got up and forced Jesus to go out of town. Their town was built on a hill. They took Jesus to the edge of the hill to throw him off.
30. But he walked through the middle of the crowd and went away.
31. Jesus went to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. On the Sabbath day he taught the people.
32. They were amazed at his teaching because he spoke with authority.
33. In the synagogue there was a man who had an evil spirit from the devil inside him. The man shouted loudly,
34. “Jesus of Nazareth! What do you want with us? Did you come here to destroy us? I know who you are—God’s Holy One!”
35. But Jesus warned the evil spirit to stop. He said, “Be quiet! Come out of the man!” The evil spirit threw the man down on the ground in front of everyone. Then the evil spirit left the man and did not hurt him.
36. The people were amazed. They said to each other, “What does this mean? With authority and power he commands evil spirits and they come out.”