Luke 4–6

4And ^aJesus being full of the Holy Ghost ^breturned from Jordan, and was led ^cby the Spirit into the wilderness, ^2dBeing forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. ³And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. ⁴And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That ^ddman shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. ^5eAnd the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of ^fthe world in a moment of time. ⁶And the devil said unto him, All this ^gpower will I give thee, and the glory of them: for ^gthat is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. ⁷If thou therefore wilt ^||worship me, all shall be thine. ⁸And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, ^hThou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. ⁹ⁱAnd he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: ¹⁰For it is written, ^kHe shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: ¹¹And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹²And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, ^lThou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. ¹³And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him ^mfor a season.

^14*nAnd Jesus returned ^oin the power of the Spirit into ^pGalilee: ^qand there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. ¹⁵And ^rhe taught in their synagogues, being ^sglorified of all. ^16†tAnd he came to ^uNazareth, ^xwhere he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, ^rhe went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and ^ystood up for to read. ^17zAnd there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had ^aopened the book, he found the place where it was written, ^18bThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, ^cand recovering of sight to the blind, ^dto set at liberty them that are bruised, ^19bTo preach the ^eacceptable year of the Lord. ²⁰And he ^aclosed the book, and he gave it again to the ^fminister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were ^gfastened on him. ²¹And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. ²²And all bare him witness, and wondered at the ^hgracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, ⁱIs not this Joseph’s son? ²³And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, ^kPhysician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in ^lCapernaum, do also here in ^mthy country. ²⁴And he said, Verily I say unto you, ⁿNo prophet is ^eaccepted in ^mhis own country. ²⁵But I tell you of a truth, ^omany widows were ^pin Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up ^qthree years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; ²⁶But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto ^oSarepta, a city of ^ooSidon, unto a woman that was a widow. ^27rAnd many lepers were ^pin Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. ²⁸And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, ²⁹And rose up, and ^rrthrust him out of the city, and led him unto the ^||brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. ³⁰But he ^spassing through the midst of them went his way, ³¹And ^tcame down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. ³²And ^uthey were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was ^xwith power.

³³And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴Saying, ^||Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? ^yI know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. ³⁵And Jesus ^yrebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. ³⁶And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for ^zwith authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. ³⁷And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

^38aAnd he arose ^bout of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. ³⁹And he stood over her, and ^crebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. ^40dNow when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he ^ddlaid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. ^41eAnd devils also came out of many, ^eecrying out, and saying, Thou art Christ ^fthe Son of God. And he ^grebuking them ^esuffered them not ^||to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

^42hAnd when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and ⁱthe people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. ⁴³And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. ⁴⁴And he preached ^kin the synagogues of Galilee.

5And ^ait came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by ^bthe lake of Gennesaret, ^2cAnd saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. ³And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he ^dsat down, and taught the people ^eout of the ship. ⁴Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, ^fLaunch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. ⁵And Simon answering said unto him, ^gMaster, ^ggwe have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. ⁶And when they had this done, ^fthey inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. ⁷And they beckoned unto their ^hpartners, which were in ⁱthe other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. ⁸When Simon Peter saw it, ⁱⁱhe fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ^jDepart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. ⁹For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: ¹⁰And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were ^hpartners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. ¹¹And when they had brought their ships to land, ^kthey forsook all, and followed him.

^12lAnd it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. ¹³And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. ¹⁴And he charged him to tell no man: ^mbut go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. ¹⁵ⁿBut so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. ^16oAnd he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and ^oprayed.

¹⁷And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and ^pdoctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. ^18qAnd, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. ¹⁹And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon ^rthe housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. ²⁰And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. ²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began ^rrto reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? ^sWho can forgive sins, but God alone? ²²But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What ^rrreason ye in your hearts? ²³Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? ²⁴But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. ²⁵And immediately he rose up before them, and took up ^tthat whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, ^uglorifying God. ²⁶And they were all amazed, and they ^uglorified God, and ^wwere filled with fear, saying, We have seen ^xstrange things to day.

^27yAnd after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. ²⁸And ^zhe left all, rose up, and followed him. ²⁹And Levi ^amade him a great ^afeast in his own house: and there was a great company of ^aapublicans and of others that sat down with them. ³⁰But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? ³¹And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. ^32bI came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

^33bbAnd ^cthey said unto him, Why do the disciples of John ^dfast often, and make ^dprayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? ³⁴And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? ^35ddBut the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then…