Jesus' Homecoming

JESUS' HOMECOMING
124	Matt 13	124	Mark 6	23	Luke 4
53	And
	when Jesus had finished
	these parables,
	he went away from there	1	He went away from there
54	and coming		and came	16	And he came
	to his own country		to his own country		to Nazareth where
					he had been brought up;
			and his disciples
			followed him.
		2	And on the sabbath*		and
	he taught them		he began to teach		he went
	in their synagogue,		in the synagogue;		to the synagogue,
					as was his custom,
					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."
	so that they		and many who heard him		and all spoke well of him
	were astonished,		were astonished,		and wondered
					at the gracious words
					which proceeded
					out of his mouth;
	and said,		saying,		and they said,
	"Where did this man get		"Where did this man get
	[see Matt 13:56 below]		all this?*
	this wisdom		What is the wisdom
			given to him?
	and these mighty works?"		What mighty works
			are wrought by his hands?
55	Is this not	3	Is this not		Is this not
	the carpenter 's son?*		the carpenter,		Joseph's son?"*
	Is not his mother		the son*
	called Mary?		of Mary
	And are not his brothers		and brother
	James		of James
	and Joseph		and Joses
			and Judas*
	and Simon		and Simon,
	and Judas?*
56	and are not all his sisters		and are not his sisters here
	with us?"		with us?"
	"Where did this man get		[see Mark 6:2 above]
	all this?*

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel elements in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
124	Sequence in synoptic outlines