Luke 4
1 Then Jesus, full of Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Then Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,
2 where He was tested for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, so after they were completed He was hungry.
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of that time he was hungry.
3 So the devil said to Him, “Since you are Son of God, tell this stone to become bread!”
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered him saying, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”
Jesus answered him, “It is written, 'Man does not live on bread alone.'”
5 And taking Him up on a high mountain, the devil showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Then the devil led Jesus up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time.
6 The devil said to Him: “To you I will give all this authority, and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I want to.
The devil said to him, “I will give to you all this authority and all their splendor, for they have been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.
7 So you, if you would worship before me, all will be yours.”
So then, if you will bow down and worship me, it will be yours.”
8 In answer Jesus said to him: “Get behind me, Satan! It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve!’”
But Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'”
9 He also took Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him: “Since you are Son of God, throw yourself down from here;
Then the devil led Jesus to Jerusalem and put him on the very highest point of the temple building, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.
10 because it is written, ‘He will give His angels orders concerning you, to protect you,’
For it is written, 'He will give orders to his angels regarding you, to protect you,'
11 and, ‘They will carry you along on their hands, so you do not stub your foot on a stone.’”
and, 'They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'”
12 In answer Jesus said to him: “The statement stands, ‘You shall not test the Lord your God!’”
Answering him, Jesus said, “It is said, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'”
13 Having finished every test, the devil departed from Him until an opportune time.
When the devil had finished testing Jesus, he went away and left him until another time.
14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about Him spread throughout the whole surrounding area;
Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread throughout the entire surrounding region.
15 yes, He started teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Then he began to teach in their synagogues and he was praised by all.
16 So He came to Natsareth, where He had been brought up; as was His custom He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
He came into Nazareth, where he had been raised, and as was his custom, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and he stood up to read aloud.
17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, so unrolling the scroll He found the place where it was written:
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to evangelize poor people. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to captives and recovery of sight to blind people, to send those who are oppressed out in freedom,
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to tell good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim the Lord's favorable year.”
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
20 Then, having rolled up the scroll and returned it to the attendant, He sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on Him,
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
21 and He began by saying to them, “Today, this Scripture in your ears has been fulfilled.”
He began to speak to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
22 (All were bearing witness to Him and were marveling at the gracious words that were coming out of His mouth; and they started saying, “Isn't this the son of Joseph?”)
Everyone there spoke well of him and they were amazed at the gracious words which were coming out of his mouth, and they asked, “Is this not the son of Joseph?”
23 He said to them: “Doubtless you will quote this parable to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’—do here in your hometown the things we have heard were done in Capernaum.”
He said to them, “Surely you will say this proverb to me, 'Doctor, heal yourself. Whatever we heard that you did in Capernaum, do the same in your hometown.'”
24 Then He said: “Assuredly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.
But he said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is received in his own hometown.
25 Further, I can assure you that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three years and six months and a severe famine came over all the land;
But in truth I tell you that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, and a great famine came upon all the land.
26 yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow woman in Sarepta, near Sidon.
But Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in Sidon, to a widow living there.
27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet not one of them was cleansed—just Naaman the Syrian.”
There were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, but none of them were healed except Naaman the Syrian.”
28 Well, upon hearing these things everyone in the synagogue was filled with fury,
All the people in the synagogue were filled with rage when they heard these things.
29 and rising up they drove Him out of the town and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him off the cliff.
They got up, forced him out of the town, and led him to the cliff of the hill on which their town was built, so they might throw him off the cliff.
30 But He, passing through the middle of them, went on His way.
But he passed through the middle of them and he went to another place.
31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee; He started teaching them on the Sabbaths.
Then he went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and he began to teach them on the Sabbath.
32 They kept on being amazed at His teaching, because His word was with authority.
They were astonished at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.
33 Now in the synagogue was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon; he cried out with a loud voice
Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
34 saying: “Ugh! What do you want with us, Jesus of Natsareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God!”
“Ah! What do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
35 So Jesus rebuked him saying, “Be muzzled, and get out of him!” When the demon had thrown him down in the midst, it came out of him without harming him.
Jesus rebuked the demon, saying, “Do not speak! Come out of him!” When the demon had thrown the man down in the middle of them, he came out of him, and did not harm him in any way.
36 Everyone was taken with amazement and they started conversing together, saying: “What is this word! For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
All the people were very amazed, and they kept talking about it with one another. They said, “What kind of words are these? He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power and they come out.”
37 And the news about Him started going out to every place of the surrounding region.
So news about him began to spread into every part of the surrounding region.
38 Then He left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering with a high fever, and they requested Him on her behalf.
Then Jesus left the synagogue and entered into the house of Simon. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering with a high fever, and they pleaded with him on her behalf.
39 So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.
So he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and started serving them.
40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on each one of them and healed them.
When the sun was setting, people brought to Jesus everyone who was sick with various kinds of diseases. He laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
41 Moreover, demons came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” But rebuking them He would not allow them to continue speaking, because they knew that He was the Messiah.
Demons also came out from many of them, crying out and saying, “You are the Son of God!” Jesus rebuked the demons and would not let them speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
42 Now at daybreak He departed and went to a deserted place; so the crowds started looking for Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them.
When daybreak came, he went out into a solitary place. Crowds of people were looking for him and came to the place where he was. They tried to keep him from going away from them.
43 But He said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”
But he said to them, “I must also preach the good news about the kingdom of God to many other cities, because this is the reason I was sent here.”
44 So He went preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Then he continued to preach in the synagogues throughout Judea.
