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Luke 4

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1 And Jesus full of the Holy Ghost turned again from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into desert
1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 forty days, and was tempted of the devil, and [he] ate nothing in those days; and when those days were ended, he hungered.
2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
3 And the devil said to him, If thou art God's Son [If thou be God's Son], say to this stone, that it be made bread.
3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
4 And Jesus answered to him, It is written, That a man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word of God.
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
5 And the devil led him into an high hill, and showed to him all the realms of the world in a moment of time;
5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
6 and said to him, I shall give to thee all this power, and the glory of them, for to me they be given, and to whom I will, I give them;
6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
7 therefore if thou fall down, and worship before me [therefore if thou shalt worship before me], all things shall be thine.
7 If you worship me, it will all be yours.”
8 And Jesus answered, and said to him, It is written, Thou shalt worship thy Lord God [Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God], and to him alone thou shalt serve.
8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”
9 And he led him into Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If thou art God's Son, send thyself from hence down;
9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here.
10 for it is written, For he hath commanded to his angels of thee, that they keep thee in all thy ways,
10 For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;
11 and that they shall take thee in hands, lest peradventure thou hurt thy foot at a stone. [and for in hands they shall take thee, lest peradventure thou hurt thy foot on a stone.]
11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
12 And Jesus answered, and said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God. [And Jesus answering saith to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.]
12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
13 And when every temptation was ended, the fiend went away from him [the devil went away from him] for a time.
13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
14 And Jesus turned again in the virtue of the Spirit into Galilee, and the fame went forth of him through all the country.
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.
15 And he taught in the synagogues of them, and was magnified of all men.
15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he was nourished, and he entered after his custom in the sabbath day into a synagogue [into the synagogue], and rose to read.
16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read,
17 And the book of Esaias, the prophet, was taken to him; and as he turned the book, he found a place, where it was written,
17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, for which thing he anointed me; he sent me to preach to poor men, to heal contrite men in heart, and to preach remission to prisoners, and sight to blind men [+he sent me to evangelize to poor men, to heal contrite men in heart, and to preach remission to captives, and sight to blind], and to deliver broken men into remission;
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed meto proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisonersand recovery of sight for the blind,to set the oppressed free,
19 to preach the year of the Lord pleasant, and the day of yielding again [to preach the year of the Lord accepted, or pleasant, and the day of retribution, or yielding again.]
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 And when he had closed the book, he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat; and the eyes of all men in the synagogue were beholding into him.
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say to them, For in this day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
22 And all men gave witnessing to him, and wondered in the words of grace, that came forth of his mouth [that came out of his mouth]. And they said, Whether this is not the son of Joseph?
22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.
23 And he said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Physician, heal thyself. The Pharisees said to Jesus, How great things have we heard done in Capernaum, do thou also here in thy country. [And he said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. How great things have we heard done in Capernaum, make thou and here in thy country.]
23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’ ”
24 And he said, Truly I say to you, that no prophet is received in his own country. [Soothly he saith, Truly I say to you, for no man prophet is accepted, or received, in his own country.]
24 “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
25 In truth I say to you, that many widows were in the days of Elias, the prophet, in Israel, when heaven was closed three years and six months, when great hunger was made in all the earth [when great hunger was made on all earth, or every land];
25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.
26 and to none of them was Elias sent, but into Sarepta of Sidon, to a woman a widow.
26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.
27 And many mesels were in Israel, under Eliseus, the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, but Naaman of Syria.
27 And there were many in Israel with leprosyin the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
28 And all in the synagogue hearing these things, were filled with wrath.
28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.
29 And they rose up, and drove him out [and cast him out] without the city, and led him to the top of the hill on which their city was builded, to cast him down [that they should cast him down].
29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff.
30 But Jesus passed, and went through the middle of them; [Soothly Jesus passing went through the middle of them;]
30 But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.
31 and he came down into Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and there he taught them in [the] sabbaths.
31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.
32 And they were astonished in his teaching, for his word was in power.
32 They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.
33 And in their synagogue was a man having an unclean fiend, and he cried with great voice, [And in the synagogue was a man having an unclean fiend, and cried with great voice,]
33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,
34 and said [saying], Suffer, what to us and to thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us [to lose us]? I know thee, that thou art the holy of God.
34 “Go away! 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 blamed him, and said [saying], Wax dumb, and go out from him. And when the fiend had cast him forth into the middle, he went away from him, and he harmed him nothing.
35 “Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly. “Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.
36 And dread was made in all men, and they spake together, and said [saying], What is this word, for in power and virtue he commandeth to unclean spirits, and they go out?
36 All the people were amazed and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!”
37 And the fame was published of him into each place of the country.
37 And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.
38 And Jesus rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon [Forsooth Jesus rising of the synagogue, entered into the house of Simon]; and the mother of Simon's wife was holden with a great fevers, and they prayed him for her.
38 Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.
39 And Jesus stood over her, and commanded to the fever, and it left her; and at once she rose up, and served them [and anon she rising ministered to them].
39 So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.
40 And when the sun went down, all that had sick men with diverse languors, led them to him; and he set his hands on each by themselves, and healed them. [Forsooth when the sun went down, all that had sick men with diverse languishings, or aches, led them to him; and he, putting hands to each by himself, healed them.]
40 At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them.
41 And fiends went out from many, and cried, and said [crying, and saying], For thou art the Son of God. And he blamed, and suffered them not to speak [And he blaming suffered not them to speak], for they knew him, that he was Christ.
41 Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.
42 And when the day was come, he went out, and went into a desert place; and the people sought him, and they came to him [and they came unto him], and they held him, that he should not go away from them.
42 At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.
43 To whom he said, For also to other cities it behooveth me to preach the kingdom of God, for therefore I am sent [for thereto I am sent].
43 But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”
44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
44 And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
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