Satan Tempts Jesus
1 ThenJesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan andwas led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. Andin those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.
3 And the devil said to Him, “If You arethe Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4 But Jesus answered him, saying,“It is written,‘Man shall not live by bread alone,but by every word of God.’”
5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; forthishas been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”
8 And Jesus answered and said to him,“Get behind Me, Satan!Forit is written,‘You shall worship theLordyour God, and Him only you shall serve.’”
9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.
10 For it is written:
# ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you,’
11 and,
# ‘Intheirhands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
12 And Jesus answered and said to him,“It has been said,‘You shall nottempt theLordyour God.’”
13 Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Himuntil an opportune time.
Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry
14 Then Jesus returnedin the power of the Spirit toGalilee, andnews of Him went out through all the surrounding region.
15 And Hetaught in their synagogues,being glorified by all.
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
16 So He came toNazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was,He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
18 “TheSpirit of theLordisupon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel tothepoor;
He has sent Meto heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty tothecaptives
And recovery of sight totheblind,
# Toset at liberty those who areoppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of theLord.”
20 Then He closed the book, and gaveitback to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21 And He began to say to them,“Today this Scripture isfulfilled in your hearing.”
22 So all bore witness to Him, andmarveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said,“Is this not Joseph’s son?”
23 He said to them,“You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done inCapernaum,do also here inYour country.’ ”
24 Then He said,“Assuredly, I say to you, noprophet is accepted in his own country.
25 But I tell you truly,many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;
26 but to none of them was Elijah sent except toZarephath,in the regionof Sidon, to a womanwho wasa widow.
27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
28 So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, werefilled with wrath,
29 and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff.
30 Thenpassing through the midst of them, He went His way.
Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit
31 ThenHe went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths.
32 And they wereastonished at His teaching,for His word was with authority.
33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,
34 saying, “Letusalone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us?I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying,“Be quiet, and come out of him!”And when the demon had thrown him intheirmidst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.
36 Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word thisis!For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.”
37 And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.
Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed
38 Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s wife’s mother was sick with a high fever, and theymade request of Him concerning her.
39 So He stood over her andrebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.
Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset
40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them.
41 And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying,“You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
# And He,rebukingthem,did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.
Jesus Preaches in Galilee
42 Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them;
43 but He said to them,“I mustpreach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”
44 And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.