hath
anointed me; he hath sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor; to
heal the contrite in heart; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and
restore sight to the blind; to send forth the bruised free from bonds;
(19)to publish the acceptable year of the Lord." (20)And rolling up the
volume, he gave it to the attendant officer, and sat down. And the eyes
of all who were in the synagogue were attentively fixed on him. (21)And
he began to say to them, To day this scripture is fulfilled in your
ears. (22)And all concurred in their testimony to him, and marvelled at
the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. And they said, Is
not this the son of Joseph? (23)And he said unto them, Ye will probably
say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself! the works which we
have heard to have been performed by thee at Capernaum, do the like
here in thy own country. (24)But he said, Verily, I say unto you, that
no prophet is acceptable in his own country. (25)Now I tell you of a
certainty, that there were many widows in the days of Elias, in Israel,
when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, so that a
grievous famine was upon all the land. (26)And unto none of them was
Elias sent, but unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow woman.
(27)And many lepers were in Israel in the days of the prophet Elisha,
and no one of them was cleansed, but Naaman the Syrian. (28)And they
were all filled with rage in the synagogue, when they heard these
observations: (29)and rising up, dragged him out of the city, and led
him to the brow of the hill, on which their city was built, in order to
cast him down headlong: (30)but he passing through the midst of them,
went away.
(31)And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching
them on the sabbath. (32)And they were struck with astonishment at his
teaching; for his discourse was with authority. (33)And there was in
the synagogue a man, who had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he
roared out with a great cry, (34)saying, Let us alone; what have we to
do with thee, Jesus the Nazarean? art thou come to destroy us? I know
thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. (35)And Jesus rebuked him,
saying, Stop thy mouth, and come out of him. And the devil throwing him
down into the midst, came out of him, doing him no injury. (36)And
amazement seized on all present, and they spake one to another, saying,
What a word is this? for with authority and power he commandeth the
unclean spi
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