Then he began to tell them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.”
And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: ‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.
All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets – that his Christ would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way.