Jesus went beyond literal fulfillment of words from the prophet Isaiah as He brought Good News to the poor in spirit, freed captives to sin, and granted eyesight or insight to people who wanted to see. In Nazareth, people tried to run Jesus off a cliff for pointing out favors from God to Gentiles. On the other hand, after the Lord cured Peter’s mother-in-law and others who came to the house, people begged Him to stay there. Pharisees, sure of themselves, placed some unsalvageable demands on people. Jesus used the analogies of trying to patch an old cloak with new cloth or pour new wine into old skins with no room to stretch during fermentation. When we present God with our same old prayers, have we failed to see that the Word has something new to say to us?