Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
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So He came to s Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, t He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
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And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
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"The u Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To v set at liberty those who are oppressed;
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To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."
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Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
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And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is w fulfilled in your hearing."
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So all bore witness to Him, and x marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, y "Is this not Joseph's son?"
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He said to them, "You will surely say this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in z Capernaum, do also here in a Your country.' "
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Then He said, "Assuredly, I say to you, no b prophet is accepted in his own country.
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"But I tell you truly, c many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;
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"but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
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d "And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."
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So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were e filled with wrath,
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f and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff.
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Then g passing through the midst of them, He went His way.
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Cross References
Matthew 2:23
And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene.
Matthew 13:54
When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
Mark 6:1
Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him.
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Cross References
Mark 1:21
Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught.
John 18:20
Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing.
Acts 13:14 - 16
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.
Acts 17:2
Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures.
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Cross References
Isaiah 49:8
Thus says the LORD: "In an acceptable time I ha...
Isaiah 49:9
That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,' ...
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because ...
Isaiah 61:2
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, An...
Matthew 11:5
The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are...
Matthew 12:18
Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Belov...
John 3:34
For He whom God has sent speaks the words of Go...
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Cross References
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.
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Cross References
Matthew 1:22
So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
Matthew 1:23
"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
Acts 13:29
Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
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Cross References
Psalms 45:2
You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is p...
Matthew 13:54
When He had come to His own country, He taught ...
Mark 6:2
And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teac...
Luke 2:47
And all who heard Him were astonished at His un...
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, a...
John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses, but grace ...
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Cross References
John 6:42
And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, 'I have come down from heaven' ?
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Cross References
Matthew 4:13
And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali.
Matthew 11:23
And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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Cross References
Matthew 13:54
When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
Mark 6:1
Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him.
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Cross References
Matthew 13:57
So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.
Mark 6:4
But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.
John 4:44
For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
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Cross References
1 Kings 17:9
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."
James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
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Cross References
2 Kings 5:1 - 14
Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper.
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Cross References
Luke 6:11
But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
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Cross References
Luke 17:25
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
John 8:37
I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
John 10:31
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
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Cross References
John 8:59
Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John 10:39
Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
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