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He
(Jesus) came to Nazareth
where he had been brought up. He
entered into the synagogue as was the custom on the day of the Sabbath and
he stood up to read. A roll of the
prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He
opened the roll and found the place where it has been written “The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me and he anointed me to evangelize the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to
captives and sight to the blind, to release those who have been crushed
(oppressed) and to proclaim a year which is acceptable to the Lord.” On
closing the roll and returning it to the attendant he sat down. All the eyes in the synagogue were upon
him. He began to say to them. "Today this Scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing." All bore witness to him and marvelled at
the gracious words coming out of him. They said. "Is this man not the son of
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Joseph?" He said to them "To be sure you will
say this parable to me "Physician heal yourself. We have heard what has happened in Capernaum. Do the same here in your native
place." He said "Truly I
tell you that no prophet is acceptable in his native place. In truth in the days of Elias there were
many widows when there was a drought over
the land for three and half years and there was a great famine. But Elias was not sent to them but to
Sarepta of Sidon who was a widow. Also there were many lepers in Israel
during the time of Elisha the prophet.
But not one of them were cleansed except
for Naaman the Syrian." On
hearing these things everyone in the synagogue was filled with anger and
rising up they cast him out of the city.
They then led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was
built so as to throw him down. But
he went away, passing through the midst of them.
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