18
The Spirit of the Lord is uponme,because he hath anointedme to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sentme to heal the brokenhearted*, to preachdeliverance to the captives,and recovering of sight to the blind, to setatliberty them that are bruised,
20
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that werein the synagogue were fastened on him.
21
And he began to sayuntothem,Thisdayisthisscripturefulfilledinyourears.
22
Andallbarehimwitness, andwonderedat the graciouswordswhichproceeded out ofhismouth.And they said, IsnotthisJoseph'sson?
23
And he saiduntothem,Ye willsurelysay unto methisproverb,Physician,healthyself:whatsoever we have hearddoneinCapernaum,doalsohereinthycountry.
24
And he said, Verily I say unto you*, Noprophetisacceptedin his owncountry.
25
But I tellyouof a truth,manywidowswereinIsraelin the days of Elias,when the heaven was shut up*threeyearsandsixmonths,whengreatfaminewasthroughoutall the land;