Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,
and went according to his custom
into the synagogue on the sabbath day . . . .
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.
But he passed through the midst of them and went away. (Lk 4:16-30)
The weekday lectionary begins the continuous reading of the Gospel of Luke. Jesus comes to his home town to begin his public ministry. He preaches about how God intervenes on behalf of foreigners. Things don’t go so well.
