20. Jesus closed the book, gave it back, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue was watching Jesus closely.
21. He began to speak to them. He said, “While you heard these words just now, they were coming true!”
22. All the people praised Jesus. They were amazed at the beautiful words he spoke. They asked, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
23. Jesus said to them, “I know that you will tell me the old saying: ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ You want to say, ‘We heard about the things you did in Capernaum. Do those things here in your own town!’”
24. Then Jesus said, “I tell you the truth. A prophet is not accepted in his own town.
25. What I say is true. 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. And there were many widows in Israel during that time.
26. But Elijah was sent to none of those widows. He was sent only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon.