This passage looks longer than I usually start with, but it's a quick read, and an interesting story: Luke 4 v.15 And He [Jesus] began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all. v.16-17 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and ...He opened the book and found the place where it was written, v.18-19 "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." v.22 And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; ... v.24 And He said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. "But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over a...