25. “Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for 3.5 years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land.
26. Yet Elijah was not sent to anyone in Israel, but only to a widow living in Zarephath in the territory of Sidon.
27. And there were many people suffering from a dreaded skin disease who lived in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha; yet not one of them was healed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
28. When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were filled with anger.
29. They rose up, dragged Jesus out of the town, and took him to the top of the hill on which their town was built. They meant to throw him over the cliff,
30. but he walked through the middle of the crowd and went his way.
31. Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where he taught the people on the Sabbath.
32. They were all amazed at the way he taught, because he spoke with authority.
33. In the synagogue was a man who had the spirit of an evil demon in him; he screamed out in a loud voice,
34. “Ah! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Are you here to destroy us? I know who you are: you are God's holy messenger!”
35. Jesus ordered the spirit, “Be quiet and come out of the man!” The demon threw the man down in front of them and went out of him without doing him any harm.
36. The people were all amazed and said to one another, “What kind of words are these? With authority and power this man gives orders to the evil spirits, and they come out!”
37. And the report about Jesus spread everywhere in that region.
38. Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, and they spoke to Jesus about her.
39. He went and stood at her bedside and ordered the fever to leave her. The fever left her, and she got up at once and began to wait on them.
40. After sunset all who had friends who were sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus; he placed his hands on every one of them and healed them all.