Third Sunday after the Epiphany
READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK
- First reading
- Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
- Psalm
- Psalm 19
- Second reading
- 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
- Gospel
- Luke 4:14-21
The gospel from Luke:
Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.
Tissot, James, 1836-1902
Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, Vanderbilt University
When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”