<h3>JESUS VISITS HIS OLD HOME</h3>
<p>Jesus went to Nazareth where he had been brought up. As was
his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood
up to read the lesson. And he was given the scroll of the prophet
Isaiah, and on unrolling it he found the place where it is written:</p>
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"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,<br/>
<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">For he has called me to preach good news to the poor,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">He has sent me to proclaim release to captives,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">And recovery of sight to the blind,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">To set free those who have been crushed by cruelty,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">To proclaim the year when the Lord will show favor."</span><br/></div>
<p>Then, having rolled up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant
and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed
on him, and he said to them, "To-day what is here written is fulfilled
in your sight."</p>
<p>As he went on to teach in the synagogue, many who heard him
were astonished and said: "Where did he get these teachings?
What is this wisdom which has been given him? and what are these
wonderful acts of healing that he does? Is he not the carpe<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_238" id="Page_238">[238]</SPAN></span>nter,
the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and
Simon? Are not his sisters living here among us?" And they would
not believe in him. Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without
honor except in his own country and among his relatives and in his
own home."</p>
<p>In that place he could do no wonderful acts except laying his
hands on a few sick people and healing them; and he was astonished
at their lack of faith. So he went about the near-by villages teaching.</p>
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