Luke 4:22-41

²²Everybody expressed their approval of him, amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn't this Joseph's son?” they wondered.

²³Jesus replied, “I'm sure you'll repeat this proverb to me, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ and ask, ‘Why don't you do here in your own hometown what we heard you did in Capernaum?’

²⁴But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

²⁵I guarantee that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah when there was a drought for three and a half years, causing a great famine throughout the country.

²⁶Yet Elijah wasn't sent to any of them. He was sent to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon!

²⁷Even though there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha, the only one who was healed was Naaman the Syrian!”

²⁸When they heard this everyone in the synagogue became furious.

²⁹They jumped to their feet and threw him out of the town. Then they dragged him to the top of the hill on which the town was built in order to throw him off the cliff.

³⁰But he walked right through them and went on his way.

³¹Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee. On Sabbath he started teaching them.

³²They were amazed at what he taught them for he spoke with authority.

³³In the synagogue there was a man who was possessed by a demon. He cried out,

³⁴“So, what do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: God's Holy One!”

³⁵Jesus interrupted him, saying. “Be quiet!” Then he ordered the demon, “Come out of him!” Throwing him to the ground right before them, the demon left the man without injuring him.

³⁶They were all amazed and asked each other, “What is this teaching? With power and authority he orders evil spirits to leave—and they do!”

³⁷News about Jesus spread throughout the nearby region.

³⁸Leaving the synagogue, Jesus went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever and those who were there asked Jesus to help.

³⁹Jesus went and stood over her. He told the fever to leave her—which it did. She got up right away and prepared a meal for them.

⁴⁰When the sun set, they brought to him all who were sick, suffering from various diseases. Jesus placed his hands on them, one after the other, and he healed them.

⁴¹Demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God.” But Jesus stopped them and refused to let them speak because they knew he was the Christ.