Luke 4:1–21

The Temptation of Christ

Matt. 4:1–11; Mark 1:12, 13

4Then ^aJesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and ^bwas led by the Spirit ¹into the wilderness, ²being ²tempted for forty days by the devil. And ^cin those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

³And the devil said to Him, “If You are ^dthe Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

⁴But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ^e‘Man shall not live by bread alone, ³but by every word of God.’ ”

⁵⁴Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for ^fthis has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. ⁷Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”

⁸And Jesus answered and said to him, ⁵“Get behind Me, Satan! ⁶For it is written, ^g‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

^9hThen 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. ¹⁰For it is written:

ⁱ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,

To keep you,’

¹¹and,

^j‘In their hands they shall bear you up,

Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

¹²And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, ^k‘You shall not ⁷tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

¹³Now when the devil had ended every ⁸temptation, he departed from Him ^luntil an opportune time.

Acceptance Throughout Galilee

Matt. 4:12; Mark 1:14

^14mThen Jesus returned ⁿin the power of the Spirit to ^oGalilee, and ^pnews of Him went out through all the surrounding region. ¹⁵And He ^qtaught in their synagogues, ^rbeing glorified by all.

Rejection at Nazareth

¹⁶So He came to ^sNazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, ^tHe went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷And 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“The ^uSpirit of the Lord is upon Me,

Because He has anointed Me

To preach the gospel to the poor;

He has sent Me ⁹to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives

And recovery of sight to the blind,

To ^vset at liberty those who are ¹oppressed;

¹⁹To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

²⁰Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is ^wfulfilled in your hearing.”