Luke 4:23 meaning and explanation

Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”

Luke 4:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just read Isaiah in the Nazareth synagogue and claimed the prophecy was fulfilled that day. The crowd, who know him as Joseph's son, want him to prove himself with the kind of healings they heard happened in Capernaum.

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