Luke 4

The Temptation of Jesus

4And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness ²forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days, and when^* they were completed, he was hungry. ³So the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, order this stone that it become bread!” ⁴And Jesus replied to him, “It is written, ‘Man will not live on bread alone.’ ”^a

⁵And he led him up and^* showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶And the devil said to him, “I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want. ⁷So if you will worship before me, all this will be yours.” ⁸And Jesus answered and^* said to him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ”^b

⁹And he brought him to Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, ¹⁰for it is written,

‘He will command his angels concerning you,

to protect you,’^c

¹¹and

‘on their hands they will lift you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”^d

¹²And Jesus answered and^* said to him, “It is said, ‘You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.’ ”^{e 13}And when^* the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a favorable time.^f

Public Ministry in Galilee

¹⁴And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him went out throughout all the surrounding region. ¹⁵And he began to teach^* in their synagogues, and^* was praised by all.

Rejected at Nazareth

¹⁶And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up,^g and according to his custom^h he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read. ¹⁷And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll he found the place where it was written,

¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because of which he has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me

to proclaim release to the captives,

and recovery of sight to the blind,

to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,

¹⁹to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”ⁱ

²⁰And he rolled up the scroll and^* gave it^* back to the attendant and^* sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were looking intently at him. ²¹And he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” ²²And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, “Is this man not the son of Joseph?” ²³And he said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ Whatever we have heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also!” ²⁴And he said, “Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his own hometown. ²⁵But in truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three years and six months while a great famine took place over all the land. ²⁶And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was made clean except Naaman the Syrian.” ²⁸And all those in the synagogue were filled with anger when they^* heard these things. ²⁹And they stood up and^* forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. ³⁰But he passed through their midst and^* went on his way.

Jesus Teaches and Heals Many in Capernaum

³¹And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath. ³²And they were astounded at his teaching, because he spoke^j with authority.

³³And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon,^k and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴“Ha! Leave us alone,^l Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” ³⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And after^* throwing him down in their midst, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all. ³⁶And amazement came upon them all, and they began to talk^* with one another, saying, “What word^m is this? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!” ³⁷And news about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.

³⁸And after he^* set out from the synagogue, he went into Simon’s house. And Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a high fever, and they asked him on behalf of her. ³⁹And he stood over her and^* rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she got up and^* began to serve^* them.

⁴⁰Now as^* the sun was setting, all who had those who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and placing his^* hands on every one of them, he healed them. ⁴¹And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Son of God!” And he rebuked them^* and did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.ⁿ

⁴²And when it^* was day, he departed and^* went to an isolated place. And the crowds were seeking him, and came to him and were trying to prevent him from departing from them. ⁴³But he said to them, “It is necessary for me to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose. ⁴⁴And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.