Luke 4
1 THEN Jesus full of the Holy Ghost returned from 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 being tempted forty days by the devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were ended, afterwards 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 And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf.
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4 And 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 the devil taking him up into an exceeding high mountain, displayed before 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 and the devil said unto him, I will give thee all this authority, and the glory of these; for to me it is delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it.
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 If therefore thou wilt worship before me, all shall be thine.
So then, if you will bow down and worship me, it will be yours.”
8 And Jesus answering him, said, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him alone shalt thou pay divine honour.”
But Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'”
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a wing of the temple, and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thy self down from hence:
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 for it is written, “He shall give his angels a charge over thee, to guard thee safely;
For it is written, 'He will give orders to his angels regarding you, to protect you,'
11 and that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
and, 'They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'”
12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Answering him, Jesus said, “It is said, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'”
13 And when the devil had closed all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
When the devil had finished testing Jesus, he went away and left him until another time.
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a report went out into all the region round about concerning him.
Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread throughout the entire surrounding region.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being universally admired.
Then he began to teach in their synagogues and he was praised by all.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he went, according to his usual custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and rose 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 And there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah: and unrolling the volume, he found the passage where it is 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, for the work whereunto he hath anointed me; he hath sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor; to heal the contrite in heart; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and restore sight to the blind; to send forth the bruised free from bonds;
“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 publish the acceptable year of the Lord.”
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
20 And rolling up the volume, he gave it to the attendant officer, and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were attentively fixed 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 to say to them, To day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
He began to speak to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
22 And all concurred in their testimony to him, and marvelled at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. And they said, Is not 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 And he said unto them, Ye will probably say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself! the works which we have heard to have been performed by thee at Capernaum, do the like here in thy own country.
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 But he said, Verily, I say unto you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
But he said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is received in his own hometown.
25 Now I tell you of a certainty, that there were many widows in the days of Elias, in Israel, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, so that a grievous famine was upon 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 And unto none of them was Elias sent, but unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow woman.
But Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in Sidon, to a widow living there.
27 And many lepers were in Israel in the days of the prophet Elisha, and no one of them was cleansed, but 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 And they were all filled with rage in the synagogue, when they heard these observations:
All the people in the synagogue were filled with rage when they heard these things.
29 and rising up, dragged him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill, on which their city was built, in order to cast him down headlong:
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 midst of them, went away.
But he passed through the middle of them and he went to another place.
31 And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath.
Then he went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and he began to teach them on the Sabbath.
32 And they were struck with astonishment at his teaching; for his discourse was with authority.
They were astonished at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.
33 And there was in the synagogue a man, who had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he roared out with a great cry,
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, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarean? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; 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 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Stop thy mouth, and come out of him. And the devil throwing him down into the midst, came out of him, doing him no injury.
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 And amazement seized on all present, and they spake one to another, saying, What a word is this? for with authority and power he commandeth 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 fame of him went forth into all the adjacent region.
So news about him began to spread into every part of the surrounding region.
38 Then rising up out of the synagogue, he came into the house of Simon: and Simon’s mother-in-law was seized with a violent fever, and they besought 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 And standing over her, he charged the fever to depart; and it left her: and immediately she arose, and waited upon them.
So he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and started serving them.
40 So when the sun was set, all who had any indisposed with various diseases, brought them to him; and laying his hands severally on each of them, he cured 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 And devils also went out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Messiah the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak: for 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 And as the day was coming on, he went forth and departed into a desert place: and the multitude sought him out, and came to him, and would have detained him that he should not leave 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 unto them, I must preach the glad tidings of the kingdom of heaven in other cities also: for on this service am I 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 And he continued preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Then he continued to preach in the synagogues throughout Judea.
