GOSPEL READING
Luke 4:14-30
14Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and
a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. 15He
began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. 16When
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,
17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the
scroll and found the place where it was written: 18“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, 19to proclaim the year of the
Lord’s favor.”
20And 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. 21Then he began to
say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
22All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that
came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”
23He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor,
cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the
things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’” 24And he said, “Truly
I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown. 25But the
truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the
heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe
famine over all the land; 26yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a
widow at Zarephath in Sidon. 27There were also many lepers in Israel in
the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except
Naaman the Syrian.” 28When they heard this, all in the synagogue were
filled with rage.
29They 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. 30But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.
Reader: This is the gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you, O Christ.
Reader: While everyone was amazed at all that Jesus was saying and
doing, he said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears:
All: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.”
(Luke 9:43-44)