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Luke 4:14-44 (TNIV)

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¹⁴ Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. ¹⁵ He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. ¹⁶ He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, ¹⁷ and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: ¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, ¹⁹ to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." ²⁰ Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹ He began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." ²² All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked. ²³ Jesus said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself!' And you will tell me, 'Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.'" ²⁴ "Truly I tell you," he continued, "prophets are not accepted in their hometowns. ²⁵ I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. ²⁶ Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. ²⁷ ²⁸ All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. ²⁹ They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. ³⁰ But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way. ³¹ Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. ³² They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority. ³³ In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an evil spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, ³⁴ ³⁵ "Be quiet!" Jesus said sternly. "Come out of him!" Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him. ³⁶ All the people were amazed and said to each other, "What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits and they come out!" ³⁷ And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area. ³⁸ Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. ³⁹ So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them. ⁴⁰ At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. ⁴¹ Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah. ⁴² At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. ⁴³ But he said, "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent." ⁴⁴ And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 24) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Nazareth - toward Jesus
(v. 25) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Nazareth - toward Jesus
(v. 26) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Nazareth - toward Jesus
(v. 27) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Nazareth - toward Jesus
(v. 28) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Nazareth - toward Jesus
(v. 42) Prayer - Jesus - went to a solitary place
(v. 43) Evangelism - Jesus - needed to preach the good news because that is why I was sent

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 14) Need for the Holy Spirit (2015-12-04)
(v. 18) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 24) Rejected but Undaunted (2015-11-30)
(v. 39) Jesus is God (part III) (2011-03-06)
(v. 42) Teach Us To Pray - Alone and in Private (2008-09-10)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 14) Bible Talk: Changing your Picture of Jesus (2006-04-18)
(v. 14) Devotional: Vision and Godly Ambition (2008-12-11)
(v. 15) Devotional: Vision and Godly Ambition (2008-12-11)
(v. 15) Bible Talk: Changing your Picture of Jesus (2006-04-18)
(v. 16) Devotional: Vision and Godly Ambition (2008-12-11)
(v. 16) Bible Talk: Changing your Picture of Jesus (2006-04-18)
(v. 17) Devotional: Vision and Godly Ambition (2008-12-11)
(v. 17) Bible Talk: Changing your Picture of Jesus (2006-04-18)
(v. 18) Bible Talk: Changing your Picture of Jesus (2006-04-18)
(v. 18) Devotional: Vision and Godly Ambition (2008-12-11)
(v. 19) Bible Talk: Changing your Picture of Jesus (2006-04-18)
(v. 19) Devotional: Vision and Godly Ambition (2008-12-11)
(v. 20) Devotional: Vision and Godly Ambition (2008-12-11)
(v. 20) Bible Talk: Changing your Picture of Jesus (2006-04-18)
(v. 21) Bible Talk: Changing your Picture of Jesus (2006-04-18)
(v. 21) Devotional: Vision and Godly Ambition (2008-12-11)

Definition(s):
Elijah (El-eye-djah): God the Lord, the strong Lord
Elisha (E-lie-sha): salvation of God
Galilee (Gal-ih-lee): wheel; revolution
Isaiah (Eye-zeh-a): the salvation of the Lord
Isaiah (Eye-zy-a): the salvation of the Lord
Israel (Iz-rehl): who prevails with God
Israel (Is-ra-el): who prevails with God
Zarephath (Zar-eff-ath): ambush of the mouth
Naaman (Neh-a-man):
Naaman (Na-am-an):
So (Soh):