Luke 4:22-26
Luke 4:22
All the people spoke well of Jesus and were amazed at the words of grace he spoke. They asked, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
Luke 4:23
Jesus said to them, “I know that you will tell me the old saying: ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ You want to say, ‘We heard about the things you did in Capernaum. Do those things here in your own town!’ ”
Luke 4:24
Then Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.
Luke 4:25
But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah. It did not rain in Israel for three and one-half years, and there was no food anywhere in the whole country.
Luke 4:26
But Elijah was sent to none of those widows, only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon.