Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
Luke 4:17 - English Majority Text Version 2009 And the book of Isaiah the prophet was given to Him. And having unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it was written: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there was handed to Him [the roll of] the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened (unrolled) the book and found the place where it was written, [Isa. 61:1, 2.] American Standard Version (1901) And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written, Common English Bible The synagogue assistant gave him the scroll from the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: Catholic Public Domain Version And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written: |
Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
Even David himself said in the Book of Psalms, 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand,
And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and He stood up to read.
"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;
And having rolled up the scroll, when He had given [it] to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were looking intently at Him.
Now after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent to them, saying, "Men and brothers, if there is by you a word of encouragement for the people, speak."
For those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor the voices of the Prophets which are read according to each Sabbath, condemning [him], they fulfilled [the Scriptures.]
But God turned away and gave them over to serve the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?