Matthew 13:53-58; Luke 4:16-30

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Matthew 13:53-58

53 When Yeshua had finished these parables, he left
54 and went to his home town. There he taught them in their synagogue in a way that astounded them, so that they asked, "Where do this man's wisdom and miracles come from?
55 Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Miryam? and his brothers Ya`akov, Yosef, Shim`on and Y'hudah?
56 And his sisters, aren't they all with us? So where does he get all this?"
57 And they took offense at him. But Yeshua said to them, "The only place people don't respect a prophet is in his home town and in his own house."
58 And he did few miracles there because of their lack of trust.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Luke 4:16-30

16 Now when he went to Natzeret, where he had been brought up, on Shabbat he went to the synagogue as usual. He stood up to read,
17 and he was given the scroll of the prophet Yesha`yahu. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,
18 "The Spirit of ADONAI is upon me; therefore he has anointed me to announce Good News to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim freedom for the imprisoned and renewed sight for the blind, to release those who have been crushed,
19 to proclaim a year of the favor of ADONAI."
20 After closing the scroll and returning it to the shammash, he sat down; and the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.
21 He started to speak to them: "Today, as you heard it read, this passage of the Tanakh was fulfilled!"
22 Everyone was speaking well of him and marvelling that such appealing words were coming from his mouth. They were even asking, "Can this be Yosef's son?"
23 Then Yeshua said to them, "No doubt you will quote to me this proverb -- `"Doctor, cure yourself!" We've heard about all the things that have been going on over in K'far-Nachum; now do them here in your home town!'
24 Yes!" he said, "I tell you that no prophet is accepted in his home town.
25 It's true, I'm telling you -- when Eliyahu was in Isra'el, and the sky was sealed off for threeand-a-half years, so that all the Land suffered a severe famine, there were many widows;
26 but Eliyahu was sent to none of them, only to a widow in Tzarfat in the land of Tzidon.
27 Also there were many people with tzara`at in Isra'el during the time of the prophet Elisha; but not one of them was healed, only Na`aman the Syrian."
28 On hearing this, everyone in the synagogue was filled with fury.
29 They rose up, drove him out of town and dragged him to the edge of the cliff on which their town was built, intending to throw him off.
30 But he walked right through the middle of the crowd and went away.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.