Jesus Begins to Preach

23	JESUS BEGINS to PREACH
Matt 4		Mark 1		Luke 4
17	From that time
	Jesus began to preach,
	saying,	15	and saying,
	"Repent,*		"The time is fulfilled,
	for		and
	the kingdom of heaven		the kingdom of God
	is at hand."		is at hand;
			repent,*
			and believe in the gospel."
				16	And he came to Nazareth,
					where he had been brought up;
					and he went to the synagogue,
					as his custom was, on the sabbath day.
					And he stood up to read;
				17	and there was given to him
					the book of the prophet Isaiah.
					He opened the book
					and found the place
					where it was written,
				18	"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
					because he has anointed me
					to preach good news to the poor.
					He has sent me
					to proclaim release to the captives
					and recovering of sight to the blind,
					to set at liberty
					those who are oppressed,
				19	to proclaim
					the acceptable year of the Lord."
				20	And he closed the book,
					and gave it back to the attendant,
					and sat down;
					and the eyes of all in the synagogue
					were fixed on him.
				21	And he began to say to them,
					"Today this scripture has been fulfilled
					in your hearing."
				22	And all spoke well of him,
					and wondered at the gracious words
					which proceeded out of his mouth;
					and they said,
	[see Matt 13:55]		[see Mark 6:3]		"Is not this Joseph's son?"
				23	And he said to them,
					"Doubtless
					you will quote to me this proverb,
					`Physician, heal yourself;
					what we have heard you did
					at Capernaum,
					do here also in your own country.'"
	[see Matt 13:57]		[see Mark 6:4]	24	And he said,
					"Truly, I say to you,
					no prophet is acceptable
					in his own country.
				25	But in truth, I tell you,
					there were many widows in Israel
					in the days of Elijah,
					when the heaven was shut up
					three years and six months,
					when there came a great famine ;
					over all the land
				26	and Elijah was sent to none of them
					but only to Zarephath,
					in the land of Sidon,
					to a woman who was a widow.
				27	And there were many lepers in Israel
					in the time of the prophet Elisha;
					and none of them was cleansed,
					but only Naaman the Syrian."
				28	When they heard this,
					all in the synagogue were filled
					with wrath.
				29	And they rose up
					and put him out of the city,
					and led him to the brow of the hill
					on which their city was built,
					that they might throw him down
					headlong.
				30	But passing through the midst of them
					he went away.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
Copyright © 1973 by National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

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