Luke 4:14-20

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.

15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”^[a]

20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 4:12
• 2. S Matthew 9:26
• 3. S Matthew 4:23
• 4. S Matthew 2:23
• 5. Matthew 13:54
• 6. S 1 Timothy 4:13
• 7. S John 3:34
• 8. Mark 16:15
• 9. Leviticus 25:10; Isaiah 61:1,2; Psalms 102:20; Psalms 103:6; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 49:8,9; Isaiah 58:6
• 10. ver 17; S Matthew 26:55

Footnotes

• [a] Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6