Luke:4:16-31
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And he came to Nazareth ,
where he had been brought up :
and ,
as his custom was ,
he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day ,
and stood up for to read .
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And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias .
And when he had opened the book ,
he found the place where it was written ,
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me ,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ;
he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted ,
to preach deliverance to the captives ,
and recovering of sight to the blind ,
to set at liberty them that are bruised ,
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To preach the acceptable year of the Lord .
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And he closed the book ,
and he gave it again to the minister ,
and sat down .
And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him .
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And he began to say unto them ,
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears .
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And all bare him witness ,
and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth .
And they said ,
Is not this Joseph '
s son ?
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And he said unto them ,
Ye will surely say unto me this proverb ,
Physician ,
heal thyself :
whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum ,
do also here in thy country .
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And he said ,
Verily I say unto you ,
No prophet is accepted in his own country .
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But I tell you of a truth ,
many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias ,
when the heaven was shut up three years and six months ,
when great famine was throughout all the land ;
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But unto none of them was Elias sent ,
save unto Sarepta ,
a city of Sidon ,
unto a woman that was a widow .
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And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet ;
and none of them was cleansed ,
saving Naaman the Syrian .
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And all they in the synagogue ,
when they heard these things ,
were filled with wrath ,
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And rose up ,
and thrust him out of the city ,
and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built ,
that they might cast him down headlong .
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But he passing through the midst of them went his way ,
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And came down to Capernaum ,
a city of Galilee ,
and taught them on the sabbath days .