Friday
Read Luke 4:21-30
21as he said to them, “This passage of scripture has come true
today, as you heard it being read.”
22 They were all well impressed with
him and marvelled at the eloquent words that he spoke. They said, “Isn’t he the
son of Joseph?”
23 He 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 three and a half 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.”
28 When 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.
Think
The crowd that listens to Jesus goes from amazed to furious in a few
seconds. It seems that he won't do what
they want him to do; it seems they might not like everything that he is said. He tells the story of how when Israel
rejected God Elijah was sent to a gentile woman.
Pray
Lord when you speak to me help me not to get angry about what you say.
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