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Commentary to the 4th Sunday in ordinary time - Year CToday’s passage resumes from the last verse of last Sunday and recounts what happened in the synagogue of Nazareth when Jesus proclaimed the beginning of the year of grace (v. 21). The difficulties of this text are few, and also the interpretations given are varied. It is not clear why the inhabitants of Nazareth suddenly pass from admiration for Jesus to insults and then the attempt to lynch him. He did not say anything provocative. Why do they react this way?