Luke 4:1–21

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.”