Verse 25
Luke 4:25
World Messianic Bible
25
But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
Original Language Text
greek
ἐπ’ ἀληθείας δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, πολλαὶ χῆραι ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανὸς ⸀ἐπὶ ἔτη τρία καὶ μῆνας ἕξ, ὡς ἐγένετο λιμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν,
English Translation
Truly I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the sky was shut for three years and six months, and a great famine occurred over all the land.
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Chapter 4 Context
1
Yashua (Jesus), full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into th...
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for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were...
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3
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God (Elohim), command this stone to become bread.”
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4
Yashua (Jesus) answered him, saying,
“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by ever...
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5
The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment o...
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6
The devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been deliver...
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7
If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”
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8
Yashua (Jesus) answered him,
“Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord yo...
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9
He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the...
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10
for it is written,
‘He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;’
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11
and,
‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.’”
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12
Yashua (Jesus) answering, said to him,
“It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God (El...
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13
When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.
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14
Yashua (Jesus) returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through a...
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15
He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
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16
He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue...
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17
The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it w...
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18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
He ha...
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19
and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
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20
He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue we...
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21
He began to tell them,
“Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
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22
All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and th...
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23
He said to them,
“Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we ha...
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24
He said,
“Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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25
But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut...
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Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a wi...
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27
There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleanse...
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28
They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things.
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29
They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was bui...
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But he, passing through the middle of them, went his way.
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31
He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
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32
and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
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33
In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud...
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34
saying, “Ah! what have we to do with you, Yashua (Jesus) of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I...
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35
Yashua (Jesus) rebuked him, saying,
“Be silent, and come out of him!”
When the demon had thrown him...
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36
Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For wi...
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37
News about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.
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38
He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted w...
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39
He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.
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40
When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and...
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41
Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God (Elohim)!”...
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42
When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him,...
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43
But he said to them,
“I must preach the good news of God (Elohim)’s Kingdom to the other cities also...
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He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
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