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Luke 4:26 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. "

Luke 4:26

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24 He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

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.

26 Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

27 There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian.”

28 They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue as they heard these things.

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