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.”
35. Jesus ordered the evil spirit to be quiet and come out. The demon threw the man to the ground in front of everyone and left without harming him.
36. They all were amazed and kept saying to each other, “What kind of teaching is this? He has power to order evil spirits out of people!”