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26 But Elijah was not sent to any of these widowed women in Israel. He was sent to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

27 `Also while Elisha was the prophet of God, many people in Israel had leprosy [a bad skin disease]. None of them was healed. The only one who was healed was Naaman from the country of Syria.'

28 When they heard this, all the people in the meeting house were very angry.

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26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.(A) 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy[a] in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”(B)

28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:27 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.