< Luke 4 >

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in 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 being tempted by the Devil forty days, and He did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, He afterward hungered,
being tempted forty days by the devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were ended, afterwards he was hungry.
3 and the Devil said to Him, “If You are [the] Son of God, speak to this stone that it may become 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, saying, “It has been written, that, Not on bread only will man live, but on every saying 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 having brought Him up to a high mountain, showed to 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 the Devil said to Him, “To You I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it;
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 You, then, if You may worship me—all will be Yours.”
If therefore thou wilt worship before me, all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answering him said, “[[Get behind Me, Satan, for]] it has been written: You will worship the LORD your God, and Him only you will serve.”
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 set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and 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 has been written: To His messengers He will give charge concerning you, to guard over you;
for it is written, “He shall give his angels a charge over thee, to guard thee safely;
11 and: On hands they will bear you up, lest at any time you may dash 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 Jesus answering said to him, “It has been said, You will 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 having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from Him until a convenient season.
And when the devil had closed all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
14 And Jesus turned back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a fame went forth through all the surrounding region concerning Him,
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 was teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
And he taught in their synagogues, being universally admired.
16 And He came to Nazareth, where He has been brought up, and He went in, according to His custom, on the day of the Sabbaths, into the synagogue, and stood 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 there was given over to Him a scroll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the scroll, He found the place where it has been 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] on Me, Because He anointed Me To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent Me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send the bruised away with deliverance,
“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 proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”
to publish the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 And having folded the scroll, having given [it] back to the officer, He sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing 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 And He began to say to them, “Today this writing has been fulfilled in your ears”;
And he began to say to them, To day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
22 and all were bearing testimony to Him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of 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 say to Me this allegory, Physician, heal yourself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your 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 and He said, “Truly I say to you, 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 and of a truth I say to you, many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the sky was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the 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 them was Elijah sent, but—to Sarepta of Sidon, to a woman, a widow;
And unto none of them was Elias sent, but unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow woman.
27 and many lepers were in the time of Elisha the prophet, in Israel, and none of them was cleansed, but—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 in the synagogue were filled with wrath, hearing these things,
And they were all filled with rage in the synagogue, when they heard these observations:
29 and having risen, they put Him forth outside the city, and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built—to cast Him down headlong,
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 and He, having gone through the midst of them, went away.
but he passing through the midst of them, went away.
31 And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching 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 teaching, because His word was with authority.
And they were struck with astonishment at his teaching; for his discourse was with authority.
33 And in the synagogue was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great 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 “Aah! What [regards] us and You, Jesus, O Nazarene? You came to destroy us; I have known 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 silenced, and come forth out of him”; and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nothing;
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 amazement came on all, and they were speaking together with one another, saying, “What [is] this word, that with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come forth?”
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 there was going forth a fame concerning Him to every place of the surrounding region.
And the fame of him went forth into all the adjacent region.
38 And having risen out of the synagogue, He entered into the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was pressed with a great fever, and they asked Him about her,
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 having stood over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately, having risen, she was ministering 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 And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold diseases, brought them to Him, and He, having put hands on each one of them, healed 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 And demons were also coming forth from many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God”; and rebuking, He did not permit them to speak, because 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 And day having come, having gone forth, He went on to a desolate place, and the multitudes were seeking Him, and they came to Him, and were restraining Him—not to go on 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, “Also to the other cities it is necessary for Me to proclaim good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this I have been 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.

< Luke 4 >