Luke 4:21-30

New American Bible (Revised Edition)

²¹ He said to them, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”^{[a] 22} And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”^{(A) 23} He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’”^{[b] 24} And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. ^25 [c]Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land.^{(B) 26 [d]}It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath^(C) in the land of Sidon. ²⁷ Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”^{(D) 28} When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. ²⁹ They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. ³⁰ But he passed through the midst of them and went away.