4:14 Then 9 Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, 10 returned to Galilee, and news about him spread 11 throughout the surrounding countryside. 12 4:15 He 13 began to teach 14 in their synagogues 15 and was praised 16 by all.
4:16 Now 17 Jesus 18 came to Nazareth, 19 where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue 20 on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. 21 He 22 stood up to read, 23 4:17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He 24 unrolled 25 the scroll and found the place where it was written,
4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed 26 me to proclaim good news 27 to the poor. 28
He has sent me 29 to proclaim release 30 to the captives
and the regaining of sight 31 to the blind,
to set free 32 those who are oppressed, 33
4:19 to proclaim the year 34 of the Lord’s favor.” 35
4:20 Then 36 he rolled up 37 the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on 38 him. 4:21 Then 39 he began to tell them, “Today 40 this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.” 41 4:22 All 42 were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They 43 said, “Isn’t this 44 Joseph’s son?” 4:23 Jesus 45 said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ 46 and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, 47 do here in your hometown too.’” 4:24 And he added, 48 “I tell you the truth, 49 no prophet is acceptable 50 in his hometown. 4:25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, 51 when the sky 52 was shut up three and a half years, and 53 there was a great famine over all the land. 4:26 Yet 54 Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. 55 4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, 56 yet 57 none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” 58 4:28 When they heard this, all the people 59 in the synagogue were filled with rage. 4:29 They got up, forced 60 him out of the town, 61 and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that 62 they could throw him down the cliff. 63 4:30 But he passed through the crowd 64 and went on his way. 65
4:31 So 66 he went down to Capernaum, 67 a town 68 in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people. 69 4:32 They 70 were amazed 71 at his teaching, because he spoke 72 with authority. 73
4:33 Now 74 in the synagogue 75 there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean 76 demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 4:34 “Ha! Leave us alone, 77 Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One 78 of God.” 4:35 But 79 Jesus rebuked him: 80 “Silence! Come out of him!” 81 Then, after the demon threw the man 82 down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him. 83 4:36 They 84 were all amazed and began to say 85 to one another, “What’s happening here? 86 For with authority and power 87 he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 4:37 So 88 the news 89 about him spread into all areas of the region. 90
4:38 After Jesus left 91 the synagogue, he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus 92 to help her. 93 4:39 So 94 he stood over her, commanded 95 the fever, and it left her. Immediately 96 she got up and began to serve 97 them.
4:40 As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives 98 sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. 99 He placed 100 his hands on every one of them and healed them. 4:41 Demons also came out 101 of many, crying out, 102 “You are the Son of God!” 103 But he rebuked 104 them, and would not allow them to speak, 105 because they knew that he was the Christ. 106
4:42 The next morning 107 Jesus 108 departed and went to a deserted place. Yet 109 the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them. 4:43 But Jesus 110 said to them, “I must 111 proclaim the good news of the kingdom 112 of God to the other towns 113 too, for that is what I was sent 114 to do.” 115 4:44 So 116 he continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea. 117