Luke 4
1 And Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. And he was urged by the Spirit into the wilderness
On returning from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the power of the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted by the devil.
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.
All that time he ate nothing; and, when it was over, he became 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.”
So the devil said to him, ‘If you are God’s Son, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.’
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, ‘Scripture says – “It is not on bread alone that a person is to live.”’
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 led Jesus up, and showing him in a single moment all the kingdoms of the earth, said to him,
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.
‘I will give you all this power, and the splendour of them; for it has been given into my hands and I give it to whom I wish.
7 Therefore, if you will worship before me, all will be yours.”
If you worship me, it will all be yours.’
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 answered him, ‘Scripture says – “You should worship the Lord your God, and worship him only.”’
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.
The devil next led him into Jerusalem, and, placing him on the parapet of the Temple, said, ‘If you are God’s Son throw yourself down from here,
10 For it is written that he has given his Angels charge over you, so that they may guard you,
for scripture says – “He will give his angels commands about you, to guard you safely,”
11 and so that they may take you into their hands, lest perhaps you may hurt your foot against a stone.”
And “On their hands they will lift you up, otherwise you might strike your foot against a stone.”’
12 And in response, Jesus said to him, “It is said: ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
But Jesus answered him, ‘It is said – “You must not tempt the Lord your God.”’
13 And when all the temptation was completed, the devil withdrew from him, until a time.
When he had tried every kind of temptation, the devil left Jesus, until another opportunity.
14 And Jesus returned, in the power of the Spirit, into Galilee. And his fame spread throughout the entire region.
Moved by the power of the Spirit, Jesus returned to Galilee. Reports about him spread through all that region;
15 And he taught in their synagogues, and he was magnified by everyone.
and he began to teach in their synagogues, and was honoured by everyone.
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.
Coming to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, Jesus, as was his custom, went on the Sabbath into the synagogue, and stood up to read the scriptures.
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:
He was given the book of the prophet Isaiah; and Jesus opened the book and found the place where it says –
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 on me, for he has consecrated me to bring good news to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, to set the oppressed at liberty,
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 proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”
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.
Then, closing the book and returning it to the attendant, he sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him,
21 Then he began to say to them, “On this day, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
and Jesus began, ‘This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing.’
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?”
All who were present spoke well of him, and were astonished at the beautiful words that fell from his lips. ‘Isn’t Joseph’s son?’ they asked.
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.”
‘Doubtless,’ said Jesus, ‘you will remind me of the saying – “Doctor, cure yourself;” and you will say “Do here in your own country all that we have heard that has been done at Capernaum.”
24 Then he said: “Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country.
I tell you,’ he continued, ‘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.
There were, doubtless, many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, and a severe famine prevailed throughout the country;
26 And to none of these was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
and yet it was not to one of them that Elijah was sent, but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidonia.
27 And there were many lepers in Israel under the prophet Elisha. And none of these was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.”
And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet it was not one of them who was made clean, but Naaman the Syrian.’
28 And all those in the synagogue, upon hearing these things, were filled with anger.
All the people in the synagogue, as they listened to this, became enraged.
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.
Starting up, they drove Jesus out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town stood, intending to hurl him down.
30 But passing through their midst, he went away.
But he passed through the middle of the crowd and went on his way.
31 And he descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And there he taught them on the Sabbaths.
Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. On the Sabbath he taught the people.
32 And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was spoken with authority.
They were amazed at his teaching, because his words were spoken with authority.
33 And in the synagogue, there was a man who had an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of a foul demon in him, who called out loudly,
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.”
‘Stop! What do you want with us, 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, “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.
But Jesus rebuked the demon. ‘Be silent! Come out from him,’ he said. The demon flung the man down in the middle of the people, and then came out from him, without causing him further harm.
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 they were all lost in amazement, and kept saying to one another, ‘What words are these? For he gives his commands to the foul spirits with a marvellous authority, and they come out.’
37 And his fame spread to every place in the region.
And rumours about Jesus traveled through every place in the 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.
On leaving the synagogue, Jesus went into Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a severe attack of fever, and they asked Jesus to cure her.
39 And standing over her, he commanded the fever, and it left her. And promptly rising up, she ministered to them.
Bending over her, he rebuked the fever; the fever left her, and she immediately got up and began to take care of 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.
At sunset, all who had friends suffering from various diseases took them to Jesus; and he placed his hands on everyone of them and 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 even demons came out from many people, screaming “You are the Son of God.” Jesus rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
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.
At daybreak, Jesus went out and walked to a lonely spot. But crowds of people began to look for him; and they came to where he was and tried to detain him and prevent his leaving 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.”
Jesus, however, said to them, ‘I must take the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that was why I was sent.’
44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
And he continued to make his proclamation in the synagogues of Judea.
