Not without one more call to repentance could He give them up. Toward the close of His ministry in Galilee, He again visited the home of His childhood. Since His rejection there, the fame of His preaching and His miracles had filled the land. None now could deny that He possessed more than human power. The people of Nazareth knew that He went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by Satan. About them were whole villages where there was not a moan of sickness in any house; for He had passed through them, and healed all their sick. The mercy revealed in every act of His life testified to His divine anointing.

Dog kunne han ikke opgive håbet om dem uden at give dem endnu et kald til omvendelse. Hen imod slutningen af sin virksomhed i Galilæa besøgte han atter sit barndomshjem. Siden den tid, hvor han var blevet forkastet dér, havde hans prædiken og hans undergerninger gjort ham berømt i hele landet. Nu kunne ingen benægte, at han var i besiddelse af mere end menneskelig magt. Nazarets beboere vidste, at han drog omkring og gjorde vel og helbredte alle, der var knuget af Satans magt. Rundt omkring dem var der landsbyer, hvor der ikke lød klage fra syge i noget hus, for han var draget igennem dem og havde helbredt alle deres syge. Den barmhjertighed, der åbenbarede sig i enhver af hans handlinger, vidnede om, at han var Guds salvede.