This is what he says next to his hearers in the synagogue that day: Everyone remarked at him; they were astonished at the words coming out of his mouth—words of sheer grace. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they said. “I know what you’re going to say,” Jesus said. “You’re going to tell me the old riddle: ‘Heal yourself, doctor!’ ‘We heard of great happenings in Capernaum; do things like that here, in your own country!’ “Let me tell you the truth,” he went on. “Prophets never get accepted in their own country. This is the solemn truth: there were plenty of widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when
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