Luke 4
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Luke 4:16-28

16And He came to 1Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, 2He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and 3stood up to read. 17And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:18“4The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed,195To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.” 20And He 6rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and 7sat down; and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently directed at Him. 21Now He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your 8hearing.” 22And all the people were 9speaking well of Him, and admiring the 10gracious words which were coming from His 11lips; and yet they were saying, “12Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23And He said to them, “No doubt you will 13quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! All the miracles that we heard were done 14in Capernaum, do here in 15Your hometown as well.’” 24But He said, “Truly I say to you, 16no prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel 17in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a 18severe famine came over all the land; 26and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to 1920Zarephath, in the land of 21Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was 22cleansed, but only 23Naaman the Syrian.” 28And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 4:16 Luke 2:39, 51 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 4:16 Matt 13:54; Mark 6:1f ↩
  3. 3. Luke 4:16 Acts 13:14-16 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 4:18 Is 61:1; Matt 11:5; 12:18; John 3:34 ↩
  5. 5. Luke 4:19 Is 61:2; Lev 25:10 ↩
  6. 6. Luke 4:20 Luke 4:17 ↩
  7. 7. Luke 4:20 Matt 26:55 ↩
  8. 8. Luke 4:21 Lit ears ↩
  9. 9. Luke 4:22 Or testifying ↩
  10. 10. Luke 4:22 Lit words of grace ↩
  11. 11. Luke 4:22 Lit mouth ↩
  12. 12. Luke 4:22 Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3; John 6:42 ↩
  13. 13. Luke 4:23 Lit tell me this ↩
  14. 14. Luke 4:23 Matt 4:13; Mark 1:21ff; 2:1ff; Luke 4:35ff; John 4:46ff ↩
  15. 15. Luke 4:23 Mark 6:1; Luke 2:39, 51; 4:16 ↩
  16. 16. Luke 4:24 Matt 13:57; Mark 6:4; John 4:44 ↩
  17. 17. Luke 4:25 1 Kin 17:1; 18:1; James 5:17 ↩
  18. 18. Luke 4:25 Lit great ↩
  19. 19. Luke 4:26 Gr Sarepta ↩
  20. 20. Luke 4:26 1 Kin 17:9 ↩
  21. 21. Luke 4:26 Matt 11:21 ↩
  22. 22. Luke 4:27 I.e., healed ↩
  23. 23. Luke 4:27 2 Kin 5:1-14 ↩

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