Luke 4:11-21

11 and 1"'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"
12 And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 2'You shall not 3put the Lord your God to the test.'"
13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him 4until an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 5And Jesus returned 6in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and 7a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.
15 And 8he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 9And he came to 10Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And 11as was his custom, 12he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up 13to read.
17 And 14the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 15"The Spirit of the Lord 16is upon me, because he has anointed me to 17proclaim good news to the poor. 18He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and 19recovering of sight to the blind, 20to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 21to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and 22sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were 23fixed on him.
21 And he began to say to them, "Today 24this Scripture 25has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Cross References 25

  • 1. [See ver. 10 above]
  • 2. Cited from Deuteronomy 6:16
  • 3. [Isaiah 7:12]
  • 4. [Luke 22:53; John 14:30]
  • 5. Matthew 4:12
  • 6. ver. 1; [Acts 1:8]
  • 7. ver. 37
  • 8. See Matthew 4:23
  • 9. For ver. 16-30, [Matthew 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6]
  • 10. Luke 2:39, 51
  • 11. [Acts 17:2]
  • 12. ver. 31; See Mark 6:2
  • 13. Acts 13:15, 27; Acts 15:21
  • 14. Luke 3:4; [Acts 8:28]
  • 15. Cited from Isaiah 61:1, 2
  • 16. ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]
  • 17. Matthew 11:5; [Luke 6:20]
  • 18. Psalms 146:7, 8
  • 19. [Isaiah 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]
  • 20. Isaiah 58:6
  • 21. Leviticus 25:10; [Isaiah 49:8; 2 Corinthians 6:2]
  • 22. Matthew 26:55; [John 8:2]; [Matthew 5:1; Matthew 13:2]
  • 23. Acts 3:4; [Luke 19:48]
  • 24. Mark 12:10; Acts 8:35
  • 25. See Matthew 1:22
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