Luke 4
1 And Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. And he was urged by the Spirit into the wilderness
THEN Jesus full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the spirit into the wilderness,
2 for forty days, and he was tested by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were completed, he was hungry.
being tempted forty days by the devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were ended, afterwards he was hungry.
3 Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone, so that it may be made into bread.”
And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf.
4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”
5 And the devil led him onto a high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
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:
6 and he said to him: “To you, I will give all this power, and its glory. For they have been handed over to me, and I give them to whomever I wish.
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.
7 Therefore, if you will worship before me, all will be yours.”
If therefore thou wilt worship before me, all shall be thine.
8 And in response, Jesus said to him: “It is written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone.’”
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.”
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and he set him on the parapet of the temple, and he said to him: “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here.
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:
10 For it is written that he has given his Angels charge over you, so that they may guard you,
for it is written, “He shall give his angels a charge over thee, to guard thee safely;
11 and so that they may take you into their hands, lest perhaps you may hurt your foot against a stone.”
and that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
12 And in response, Jesus said to him, “It is said: ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
13 And when all the temptation was completed, the devil withdrew from him, until a time.
And when the devil had closed all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
14 And Jesus returned, in the power of the Spirit, into Galilee. And his fame spread throughout the entire region.
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a report went out into all the region round about concerning him.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, and he was magnified by everyone.
And he taught in their synagogues, being universally admired.
16 And he went to Nazareth, where he had been raised. And he entered into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the Sabbath day. And he rose up to read.
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.
17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written:
And there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah: and unrolling the volume, he found the passage where it is written,
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart,
“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;
19 to preach forgiveness to captives and sight to the blind, to release the broken into forgiveness, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of retribution.”
to publish the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 And when he had rolled up the book, he returned it to the minister, and he sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.
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.
21 Then he began to say to them, “On this day, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
And he began to say to them, To day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
22 And everyone gave testimony to him. And they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth. And they said, “Is this not the son of Joseph?”
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?
23 And he said to them: “Certainly, you will recite to me this saying, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ The many great things that we have heard were done in Capernaum, do here also in your own country.”
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.
24 Then he said: “Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country.
But he said, Verily, I say unto you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
25 In truth, I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine had occurred throughout the entire land.
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.
26 And to none of these was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
And unto none of them was Elias sent, but unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow woman.
27 And there were many lepers in Israel under the prophet Elisha. And none of these was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.”
And many lepers were in Israel in the days of the prophet Elisha, and no one of them was cleansed, but Naaman the Syrian.
28 And all those in the synagogue, upon hearing these things, were filled with anger.
And they were all filled with rage in the synagogue, when they heard these observations:
29 And they rose up and drove him beyond the city. And they brought him all the way to the edge of the mount, upon which their city had been built, so that they might throw him down violently.
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:
30 But passing through their midst, he went away.
but he passing through the midst of them, went away.
31 And he descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And there he taught them on the Sabbaths.
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath.
32 And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was spoken with authority.
And they were struck with astonishment at his teaching; for his discourse was with authority.
33 And in the synagogue, there was a man who had an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
And there was in the synagogue a man, who had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he roared out with a great cry,
34 saying: “Let us alone. What are we to you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God.”
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.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and depart from him.” And when the demon had thrown him into their midst, he departed from him, and he no longer harmed him.
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.
36 And fear fell over them all. And they discussed this among themselves, saying: “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they depart.”
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.
37 And his fame spread to every place in the region.
And the fame of him went forth into all the adjacent region.
38 Then Jesus, rising up from the synagogue, entered into the house of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in the grip of a severe fever. And they petitioned him on her behalf.
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.
39 And standing over her, he commanded the fever, and it left her. And promptly rising up, she ministered to them.
And standing over her, he charged the fever to depart; and it left her: and immediately she arose, and waited upon them.
40 Then, when the sun had set, all those who had anyone afflicted with various diseases brought them to him. Then, laying his hands on each one of them, he cured them.
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.
41 Now demons departed from many of them, crying out and saying, “You are the son of God.” And rebuking them, he would not permit them to speak. For they knew him to be the Christ.
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.
42 Then, when it was daytime, going out, he went to a deserted place. And the crowds sought him, and they went all the way to him. And they detained him, so that he would not depart from them.
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.
43 And he said to them, “I must also preach the kingdom of God to other cities, because it was for this reason that I was sent.”
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.
44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
And he continued preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
