15. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all.
16. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read
17. and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
18. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto bring glad tidings to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captivesand recovery of sight to the blind,to let the oppressed go free,
19. and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”
20. Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
21. He said to them, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
22. And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”
23. He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’”
24. And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.
25. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land.
26. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
27. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”