₂₁as he said to them, “This passage of scripture has come true today, as you heard it being read.”

₂₂They were all well impressed with him and marvelled at the eloquent words that he spoke. They said, “Isn't he the son of Joseph?”

₂₃He said to them, “I am sure that you will quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ You will also tell me to do here in my home town the same things you heard were done in Capernaum. ₂₄I tell you this,” Jesus added, “prophets are never welcomed in their home town.

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. ₂₆Yet Elijah was not sent to anyone in Israel, but only to a widow living in Zarephath in the territory of Sidon. ₂₇And 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.”

₂₈When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were filled with anger. ₂₉They 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, ₃₀but he walked through the middle of the crowd and went his way.