Luke Four
Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,
returned from the Jordan, and the
Spirit carried him away into the wilderness, Forty days, in order that he might be
tempted by the adversary. And he did not eat
anything in those days; and when they were
over, at last he became hungry.
¶ And the adversary said to him, If you are
the Son of God, command this stone to become
bread. Jesus answered and said to him, It is written,
That it is not by bread alone that man
can live, but by every word of God. Then Satan took him up to a high mountain,
and showed him all the kingdoms of
the earth in a short time. And the adversary said to him, I will give
you all this power and its glory, which are
entrusted to me, and I give it to whom I
please; If therefore you worship me, it will all be
yours. Jesus answered and said to him, It is written,
You shall worship the Lord your God,
and him only you shall serve. And he brought him to Jerusalem and made
him to stand up on the pinnacle of the temple,
and said to him, If you are the Son of God,
throw yourself down from here; For it is written, That he will command
his angels concerning you, to watch you; And they will take you up in their arms,
so that even your foot may not strike a stone. Jesus answered and said to him, It is said,
You shall not tempt the Lord your God. When the adversary was through with
all his temptations, he left him for some time.
¶ So Jesus returned in the power of the
Spirit to Galilee; and the fame about him
went out through all the country around
them. And he taught in their synagogues, and
was praised by every man.
¶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had
been brought up; and he entered the synagogue
on the sabbath day, as was the custom,
and stood up to read. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was
given to him. And Jesus opened the book,
and found the place where it is written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because
of this he has anointed me, to preach
good tidings to the poor; and he has sent me
to heal the broken-hearted, and to proclaim
release to the captives, and sight to the blind;
to strengthen with forgiveness those who are
bruised And to preach the acceptable year of the
Lord. And he rolled up the scroll and gave it to
the attendant, and went and sat down. And
the eyes of all who were in the synagogue
were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, To-day this
scripture is fulfilled in your ears. And all testified to him, and were amazed
by the words of grace which came out of his
mouth. And they said, Is not this man the
son of Joseph? Jesus said to them, You might probably
tell me this proverb, “Physician, heal yourself”;
and all that we heard you did in
Capernaum, do also here in your own city.
Then he said, Truly I say to you, No
prophet is acceptable in his own city. For truly I say to you, There were many
widows in Israel in the days of the prophet
Elijah, when the heaven was closed for three
years and six months, and there was a great
famine throughout the land; Yet Elijah was not sent to one of them,
but to Zarephath of Sidon, to a widow.
And there were many lepers in Israel in
the days of the prophet Elisha, and yet not
one of them was cleansed, except Naaman
the Syrian. When those who were in the synagogue
heard these things, they were all filled with
anger. And they rose up, and took him outside
the city, and brought him to the brow of the
mountain, on which their city was built, that
they might throw him down from a cliff. But he passed through the midst of them
and went away.
¶ And he went down to Capernaum, a city
of Galilee, and he taught them on the
sabbaths. And they were astonished at his teaching;
because his word had power. And there was in the synagogue a man
who had an unclean, demonic spirit, and he
cried in a loud voice, And said, Leave me alone, what have we
in common, O Jesus the Nazarene? have you
come to destroy us? I know who you are,“Holy One of God”! And Jesus rebuked him, and said, Keep
quiet, and come out of him. The demon threw
him in the midst, and went out of him, and
did him no harm. And every man was seized with amazement,
and spoke among themselves, saying,
What kind of word is this, that he commands
unclean spirits with authority and power, and
they go out! And the fame about him went out through
all the country around them.
¶ And when Jesus left the synagogue, he
entered the house of Simon. And Simon’s
mother-in-law was suffering with a severe
fever; and they besought him for her. And he stood by her, and rebuked the
fever, and it left her; and she rose up immediately
and ministered to them.
¶ When the sun was setting, all who had
sick people suffering from divers diseases
brought them to him; and he laid his hand
on each one of them, and healed them. Demons also came out of many, who
cried out saying, You are the Christ, the Son
of God. And he rebuked them, and he would
not allow them to speak; that they might not
know that he was the Christ. And in the morning, he came out and
went to a desert place; and the people were
looking for him, and came where he was;
and they held him so that he might not leave them. But Jesus said to them, I must preach the
kingdom of God in other cities also; because
I was sent for this. And he preached in the synagogues of
Galilee.
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