When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home,
he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood
up to read the Scriptures. The scroll of Isaiah the prophet
was handed to him.
He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was
written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for he has
anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me
to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind
will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
and that the
time of the Lord's favor has come."
He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. Then he began to speak to them. "The Scripture you've just heard has been fulfilled this very day!"
Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. "How can this be?" they asked. "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
Then he said, "You will undoubtedly quote me this proverb: 'Physician, heal yourself'-meaning, 'Do miracles here in your hometown like those you did in Capernaum.' But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.
When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were
furious. Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the
edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended
to push him over the cliff, but he passed right through the
crowd and went on his way.