A PROPHET IS NOT ACCEPTED IN HIS OWN HOME

G O S P E L

 

Jesus applies the story of Naaman to present-day (for Him) Israel. This application emphasizes for us the need to be faithful to the graces that God bestows upon us or He will shift His attention elsewhere and we will be without the grace of God. This ought to inspire in us greater faithfulness and attention to the grace of God.

 

VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL

I hope in the LORD, I trust in his word; with him there is kindness and plenteous redemption.

 

Luke 4:24-30

24 Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. 25 Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. 26 It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. 27 Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. 29 They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. 30 But he passed through the midst of them and went away.