19. and to say, ‘This is the yearthe Lord has chosen.’ ”
20. Jesus closed the book, then handed it back to the man in charge and sat down. Everyone in the meeting place looked straight at Jesus.
21. Then Jesus said to them, “What you have just heard me read has come true today.”
22. All the people started talking about Jesus and were amazed at the wonderful things he said. They kept on asking, “Isn't he Joseph's son?”
23. Jesus answered:You will certainly want to tell me this saying, “Doctor, first make yourself well.” You will tell me to do the same things here in my own home town that you heard I did in Capernaum.
24. But you can be sure that no prophets are liked by the people of their own home town.
25. Once during the time of Elijah there was no rain for three and a half years, and people everywhere were starving. There were many widows in Israel,
26. but Elijah was sent only to a widow in the town of Zarephath near the city of Sidon.
27. During the time of the prophet Elisha, many men in Israel had leprosy. But no one was healed, except Naaman who lived in Syria.
28. When the people in the meeting place heard Jesus say this, they became so angry
29. that they got up and threw him out of town. They dragged him to the edge of the cliff on which the town was built, because they wanted to throw him down from there.
30. But Jesus slipped through the crowd and got away.
31. Jesus went to the town of Capernaum in Galilee and taught the people on the Sabbath.
32. His teaching amazed them because he spoke with power.
33. There in the Jewish meeting place was a man with an evil spirit. He yelled out,
34. “Hey, Jesus of Nazareth, what do you want with us? Are you here to get rid of us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One.”