Luke 4:21

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Then he said to them, “This passage came true today when you heard me read it.”

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But in this way God made the sufferings of his Messiah come true. God had predicted these sufferings through all the prophets.

So they make Isaiah’s prophecy come true: ‘You will hear clearly but never understand. You will see clearly but never comprehend.

You study the Scriptures in detail because you think you have the source of eternal life in them. These Scriptures testify on my behalf.

Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue watched him closely.

All the people spoke well of him. They were amazed to hear the gracious words flowing from his lips. They said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”