Luke 4:16-30
When he came to Nazareth, where he had been
brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He
stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He
unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the
captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.’
And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back
to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on
him. Then he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in
your hearing.’ All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that
came from his mouth. They said, ‘Is not this Joseph’s son?’ He said to them,
‘Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, “Doctor, cure yourself!” And you
will say, “Do here also in your home town the things that we have heard you did
at Capernaum.” ’ And he said, ‘Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the
prophet’s home town. But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the
time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, and
there was a severe famine over all the land; yet Elijah was sent to none of
them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. There were also many lepers in
Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except
Naaman the Syrian.’ When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with
rage. They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the
hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff.
But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.
Reflection
How the scripture that I read today will be
fulfilled in my life today?
Have I noticed that the scripture has been
fulfilled in non-Christians?