NOBLEMAN OF CAPERNAUM--PREACHES AT NAZARETH.
Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. For Jesus
himself testified that a prophet hath no honor in his own country. Then
when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen
all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also
went unto the feast.
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When
he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto
him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son: for he
was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him,
Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus
saith unto him,
Go thy way: thy son liveth.
And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he
went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and
told _him_, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour
when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh
hour the fever left him. So the father knew that _it was_ at the same
hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself
believed, and his whole house. This _is_ again the second miracle _that_
Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. And Jesus
returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a
fame of him through all the region round about. And he taught in their
synagogues, being glorified of all.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his
custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up
for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet
Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was
written, The Spirit of the Lord _is_ upon me, because he hath anointed
me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach
the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he closed the book, and he gave _it_ again to the minister, and sat
down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened
on him. And he began to say unto them,
This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears.
And all bear him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which
proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And
he said unto them,
Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal
thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also
here in thy country.
And he said,
Verily, I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own
country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel
in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years
and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, _a
city_ of Sidon, unto a woman _that was_ a widow. And many
lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and
none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman, the Syrian.
And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled
with wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him
unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might
cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went
his way.