24. And he said, “Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his own hometown.
25. But in truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three years and six months while a great famine took place over all the land.
26. And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
27. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was made clean except Naaman the Syrian.”
28. And all those in the synagogue were filled with anger when they heard these things.
29. And they stood up and forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
30. But he passed through their midst and went on his way.
31. And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.
32. And they were astounded at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.
33. And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
34. “Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
35. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And after throwing him down in their midst, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.
36. And amazement came upon them all, and they began to talk with one another, saying, “What word is this? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”
37. And news about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.