Luke 4:16–44

Rejection at Nazareth

¹⁶So He came to ^sNazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, ^tHe went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

¹⁸“The ^uSpirit of the Lord is upon Me,

Because He has anointed Me

To preach the gospel to the poor;

He has sent Me ⁹to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives

And recovery of sight to the blind,

To ^vset at liberty those who are ¹oppressed;

¹⁹To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

²⁰Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is ^wfulfilled in your hearing.” ²²So all bore witness to Him, and ^xmarveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, ^y“Is this not Joseph’s son?”

²³He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in ^zCapernaum, ²do also here in ^aYour country.’ ” ²⁴Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no ^bprophet is accepted in his own country. ²⁵But I tell you truly, ^cmany widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land; ²⁶but to none of them was Elijah sent except to ³Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ^27dAnd many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

²⁸So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were ^efilled with ⁴wrath, ^29fand rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. ³⁰Then ^gpassing through the midst of them, He went His way.

Demons are Cast Out

Mark 1:21–28

³¹Then ^hHe went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. ³²And they were ⁱastonished at His teaching, ^jfor His word was with authority. ^33kNow in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? ^lI know who You are—^mthe Holy One of God!”

³⁵But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ⁵“Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. ³⁶Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” ³⁷And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed

Matt. 8:14, 15; Mark 1:29–31

³⁸ⁿNow He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s wife’s mother was ⁶sick with a high fever, and they ^omade request of Him concerning her. ³⁹So He stood over her and ^prebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.

Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee

Matt. 4:23–25; 8:16, 17; Mark 1:32–39

^40qWhen the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. ^41rAnd demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, ^s“You are ⁷the Christ, the Son of God!”

And He, ^trebuking them, did not allow them to ⁸speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.

^42uNow when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; ⁴³but He said to them, “I must ^vpreach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” ^44wAnd He was preaching in the synagogues of ⁹Galilee.