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`He will give orders to His angels concerning thee, to guard thee safely;'
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and `On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any moment thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"
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The reply of Jesus was, "It is said, `Thou shalt not put the Lord they God to the proof.'"
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So the Devil, having fully tried every kind of temptation on Him, left Him for a time.
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Then Jesus returned in the Spirit's power to Galilee; and His fame spread through all the adjacent districts.
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And He proceeded to teach in their synagogues, winning praise from all.
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He came to Nazareth also, where He had been brought up; and, as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.
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And there was handed to Him the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and, opening the book, He found the place where it was written,
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"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,
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to proclaim the year of acceptance with the Lord."
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And rolling up the book, He returned it to the attendant, and sat down--to speak. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.