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20 2 I 22 28 33 AND REsTORA‘1‘10N 01* SIGHT I0 THE Bmxu; T0 s1·:1‘ AT Lmsnrv THOSE WH0 ARE opvkxzssxm; TO PROCLAIM THE YEAR HONDUR- ED BY 1*112 Loan. And having rolled up the book, He

returned it to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of ai} in the syna- gogue were fixed upon Him. Then He began to say to them, “’I`o—day this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing! And they all commended Him, and

wondered at the language of love which proceeded from His mouth ; ls this not the sou of joseph ?’ You will all

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that a prophet is never acceptable in his own country. Therefore, in truth I remind you that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed over three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land ; how- ever, Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, of Sidon, to a widow woman. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; yet none of them were cured, but only Naaman the Syrian. Then all in the synagogue, on hear-

ing this, were fllledwith fury; and they rose up and forced Him out of the town, dragging Him to the brow of the hill upon which their town was built, in order to fling Him down from there. But gliding through the midst of them, He went His way. Waring a Qznwuiur. And coming down to Capernaum, a

town of Galilee, He taught them every Sabbath ; and they were delighted at His teaching, because His language was authoritative. And in the syna- gogue there was a man possessed of a foul spirit; and he shrieked out with Hal what is there common between us, jesus of Nazareth? Have You come here to exterminate us? I know You, who

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You are·——-the Holy One of God!' jesus, however, repelled him, saying, ‘Keep silent! and go out of him!’ And when the demon had thrown him down among them in convulsions, he came out of him, leaving him unin- jured. And terror came upon all, and they talked to each other, remarking, ‘What is this teaching? for He even commands the foul spirits with authority and power, and they de- A rumour about Him then began to spread through every part of that region. 35 37 Eur: nf Sinmxfs Qiotlyzr-in-Zulu. Then quitting the synagogue, He 38 entered the house of Simon. And Simon’s mothenin-law was suffering from a violent fever ; and they pleaded with Him about her. And standing over her, He arrested the fever, and it left her: and getting up at once, she attended to them. ®nring at ®hzniibz. When the sun was setting, all

who had sick from various diseases brought them to Him; and He placed His hands upon them, and cured them. Many demons were also cast You are He restrained them, however, and would not allow them to say that they knew Him to be the Messiah. And when the day dawned, He took

His departure to a desert spot; but the crowd, eagerly searching Him out, came to the same place, and urged Him never to leave them. But He I must also preach the good news in the other towns; for that is the purpose for which I was And He was preaching in the syn¤.· gogues of Galilee. W12 fhhzhizni Sisbzrnmt. It once occurred that, while He

was standing bythe Lake of Gennes- aret, the crowd pressed around Him, in order to listen to the message of God. And He observed two boats lying at anchor at the lake side; but the fishermen had left them, and were washing their nets: so entering one of the boats which belonged to Simon, He asked him to push off a little from the land. And, sitting down, He taught the people from the boat. Then when He had hnished IIIO 39 43