Luke 4 (New American Standard)

The Temptation of Jesus

1 ¹Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, ²returned from the Jordan and was led around ^aby the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for ³forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." 4 And Jesus answered him, "It is written, '⁴MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.' " 5 ⁵And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of ^b6the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and ^cits glory ; ⁷for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 "Therefore if You ^dworship before me, it shall all be Yours." 8 Jesus answered him, "It is written, '⁸YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.' " 9 ⁹And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here ; 10 for it is written, '¹⁰HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU,' 11 and, '¹¹ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.' " 12 And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, '¹²YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.' " 13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

Jesus' Public Ministry

14 And ¹³Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and ¹⁴news about Him spread through all the surrounding district. 15 And He began ¹⁵teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all. 16 And He came to ¹⁶Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, ¹⁷He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and ¹⁸stood up to read. 17 And the ^ebook of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the ^fbook and found the place where it was written, 18 "¹⁹THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, 19 ²⁰TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." 20 And He ²¹closed the ^gbook, gave it back to the attendant and ²²sat down ; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ^hhearing." 22 And all were ⁱspeaking well of Him, and wondering at the ^jgracious words which ^kwere falling from His lips ; and they were saying, "²³Is this not Joseph's son ?" 23 And He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself ! Whatever we heard was done ²⁴at Capernaum, do here in ²⁵your hometown as well.' " 24 And He said, "Truly I say to you, ²⁶no prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25 "But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel ²⁷in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land ; 26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but ²⁸only to ^lZarephath, in the land of ²⁹Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 "And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet ; and none of them was cleansed, but ³⁰only Naaman the Syrian." 28 And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things ; 29 and they got up and ³¹drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff. 30 But ³²passing through their midst, He went His way. 31 And ³³He came down to ³⁴Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath ; 32 and ³⁵they were amazed at His teaching, for ³⁶His ^mmessage was with authority. 33 In the synagogue there was a man ⁿpossessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 "Let us alone ! ^o37What business do we have with each other, Jesus ^pof ³⁸Nazareth ? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are-³⁹the Holy One of God !" 35 But Jesus ⁴⁰rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm. 36 And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, "What is ^qthis message ? For ⁴¹with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out." 37 And ⁴²the report about Him was spreading into every locality in the surrounding district.

Many Are Healed

38 ⁴³Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon's home. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ⁴⁴suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him ^rto help her. 39 And standing over her, He ⁴⁵rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and ^swaited on them. 40 ⁴⁶While ⁴⁷the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and ⁴⁸laying His hands on each one of them, He was ⁴⁹healing them. 41 Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, "You are ⁵⁰the Son of God !" But ⁵¹rebuking them, He would ⁵²not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be ^tthe Christ. 42 ⁵³When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place ; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them. 43 But He said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, ⁵⁴for I was sent for this purpose." 44 So He kept on preaching in the synagogues ⁵⁵of ^uJudea.