Luk 4:16-18, Act 13:27, 15:21 | ESV | STEP | And he came to Nazareth , where he had been brought up . And as was his custom , he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day , and he stood up to read .

gCited from Isa. 61:1, 2

h ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]

i Matt. 11:5; [ch. 6:20]

j Ps. 146:7, 8

k[Isa. 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]

l Isa. 58:6

m[2 Cor. 3:14, 15]; See ch. 3:17

n ver. 15; [ch. 15:21]

oSee Luke 24:20, 26, 27, 44

p ch. 13:15; 2 Cor. 3:14, 15; [ch. 13:27]

Luke 4:16-18

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 ^aAnd he came to ^bNazareth, where he had been brought up. And ^cas was his custom, ^dhe went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up ^eto read. 17 And ^fthe scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

18 ^g“The Spirit of the Lord ^his upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ⁱproclaim good news to the poor.
^jHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^krecovering of sight to the blind,
^lto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

Acts 13:27

27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^mthey did not recognize him nor understand ⁿthe utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^ofulfilled them by condemning him.

Acts 15:21

21 For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, ^pfor he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”