The Temptation of Jesus

¹sAnd Jesus, tfull of the Holy Spirit, ureturned from the Jordan and was led vby the Spirit in the wilderness ²for wforty days, xbeing tempted by the devil. wAnd he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, yhe was hungry. ³The devil said to him, “If you are zthe Son of God, command athis stone to become bread.” ⁴And Jesus answered him, b“It is written, c‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” ⁵dAnd the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, ⁶and said to him, “To you eI will give all this authority and their glory, efor it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. ⁷If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” ⁸And Jesus answered him, f“It is written,

g“‘You shall worship the Lord your God,

and hhim only shall you serve.’”

⁹iAnd he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are jthe Son of God, throw yourself down from here, ¹⁰for it is written,

k“‘He will command his angels concerning you,

to guard you,’

¹¹and

k“‘On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”

¹²And Jesus answered him, “It is said, l‘You shall not mput the Lord your God to the test.’” ¹³And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him nuntil an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹⁴oAnd Jesus returned pin the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and qa report about him went out through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵And rhe taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

¹⁶sAnd he came to tNazareth, where he had been brought up. And uas was his custom, vhe went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up wto read. ¹⁷And xthe scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

¹⁸y“The Spirit of the Lord zis upon me,

because he has anointed me

to aproclaim good news to the poor.

bHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives

and crecovering of sight to the blind,

dto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

¹⁹eto proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

²⁰And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and fsat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were gfixed on him. ²¹And he began to say to them, “Today hthis Scripture ihas been fulfilled in your hearing.” ²²And all spoke well of him and marveled at jthe gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, k“Is not this lJoseph's son?” ²³And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, m‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did nat Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” ²⁴And he said, “Truly, I say to you, ono prophet is acceptable in his hometown. ²⁵But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when pthe heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, ²⁶and Elijah was sent to none of them qbut only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷And rthere were many lepers1 in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, sbut only Naaman the Syrian.” ²⁸When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. ²⁹And they rose up and tdrove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. ³⁰But upassing through their midst, he went away.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

³¹vAnd he wwent down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And xhe was teaching them yon the Sabbath, ³²and zthey were astonished at his teaching, zfor his word possessed authority. ³³And xin the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴“Ha!2 aWhat have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? bI know who you are—cthe Holy One of God.” ³⁵But Jesus drebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. ³⁶And ethey were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? eFor with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” ³⁷And freports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Jesus Heals Many

³⁸gAnd he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now hSimon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. ³⁹And he stood over her and irebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

⁴⁰Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and jhe laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. ⁴¹kAnd demons also came out of many, lcrying, “You are mthe Son of God!” But he rebuked them and kwould not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was nthe Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

⁴²oAnd when it was day, he departed and went pinto a desolate place. And qthe people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, ⁴³but he said to them, r“I must spreach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” ⁴⁴And he was preaching tin the synagogues of Judea.3