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Luke 4:9-27 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

9. And he brought him to Jerusalem, and he set him on the parapet of the temple, and he said to him: "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here.

10. For it is written that he has given his Angels charge over you, so that they may guard you,

11. and so that they may take you into their hands, lest perhaps you may hurt your foot against a stone."

12. And in response, Jesus said to him, "It is said: 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.' "

13. And when all the temptation was completed, the devil withdrew from him, until a time.

14. And Jesus returned, in the power of the Spirit, into Galilee. And his fame spread throughout the entire region.

15. And he taught in their synagogues, and he was magnified by everyone.

16. And he went to Nazareth, where he had been raised. And he entered into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the Sabbath day. And he rose up to read.

17. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written:

18. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart,

19. to preach forgiveness to captives and sight to the blind, to release the broken into forgiveness, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of retribution."

20. And when he had rolled up the book, he returned it to the minister, and he sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.

21. Then he began to say to them, "On this day, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

22. And everyone gave testimony to him. And they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth. And they said, "Is this not the son of Joseph?"

23. And he said to them: "Certainly, you will recite to me this saying, 'Physician, heal yourself.' The many great things that we have heard were done in Capernaum, do here also in your own country."

24. Then he said: "Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

25. In truth, I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine had occurred throughout the entire land.

26. And to none of these was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

27. And there were many lepers in Israel under the prophet Elisha. And none of these was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian."

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