Luke 4:14-30 (ESV)
Jesus Begins His Ministry
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, he went away.
When one thinks about Jesus, they probably think about His Truth, Forgiveness, and Grace...He spent His time with sinners...He said He came to earth for those who sinned and not for the righteous...So as He spent time teaching sinners because they were honest with Him and listened to Him...He helped them...He helped the troubled...So Jesus would teach the troubled about God and Himself...His time on earth was spent with sinners and helping them...We might think that the troubled need Him more than those who think they are righteous as we read the gospels...
Jesus' opposition thought they were righteous, and Jesus had a problem with these groups, who thought like that...They were constantly trying to trap Him or find something He did not know about Scripture...They did not know HE IS SCRIPTURE...Jesus said we are not to think that He came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; He did not come to abolish but to fulfill Scripture...For truly He said to us, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished...Jesus added in the gospel of Luke when He was in Nazareth on Sabbath...He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up...And as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and 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 that the Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on Him, because the LORD has anointed Him to proclaim good news to the poor...He has sent Him to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair...They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of His splendor...
And what is interesting is in the end it was the righteous ones who ended up putting Him on the cross...