Luke 4:14-44

Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 ¹And Jesus returned ²in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and ³a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.

15 And ⁴he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 ⁵And he came to ⁶Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And ⁷as was his custom, ⁸he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up ⁹to read.

17 And ¹⁰the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

18 ¹¹“The Spirit of the Lord ¹²is upon me, because he has anointed me to ¹³proclaim good news to the poor. ¹⁴He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and ¹⁵recovering of sight to the blind, ¹⁶to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

19 ¹⁷to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. ”

20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and ¹⁸sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were ¹⁹fixed on him.

21 And he began to say to them, “Today ²⁰this Scripture ²¹has been fulfilled in your hearing. ”

22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at ²²the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, ²³“Is not this ²⁴Joseph’s son? ”

23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ²⁵‘Physician, heal yourself. ’ What we have heard you did ²⁶at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well. ”

24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, ²⁷no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when ²⁸the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land,

26 and Elijah was sent to none of them ²⁹but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

27 And ³⁰there were many lepers^[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, ³¹but only Naaman the Syrian. ”

28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

29 And they rose up and ³²drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

30 But ³³passing through their midst, he went away.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

31 ³⁴And he ³⁵went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And ³⁶he was teaching them ³⁷on the Sabbath,

32 and ³⁸they were astonished at his teaching, ³⁹for his word possessed authority.

33 And ⁴⁰in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

34 “Ha! ^{[b] 41}What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? ⁴²I know who you are— ⁴³the Holy One of God. ”

35 But Jesus ⁴⁴rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him! ”And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

36 And ⁴⁵they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? ⁴⁶For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out! ”

37 And ⁴⁷reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Jesus Heals Many

38 ⁴⁸And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Now ⁴⁹Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf.

39 And he stood over her and ⁵⁰rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and ⁵¹he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

41 ⁵²And demons also came out of many, ⁵³crying, “You are ⁵⁴the Son of God! ” But he rebuked them and ⁵⁵would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was ⁵⁶the Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

42 ⁵⁷And when it was day, he departed and went ⁵⁸into a desolate place. And ⁵⁹the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them,

43 but he said to them, ⁶⁰“I must ⁶¹preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose. ”

44 And he was preaching ⁶²in the synagogues of Judea. ^[c]

Cross References

• 1. 4:14 Matt. 4:12
• 2. 4:14 ver. 1; [Acts 1:8]
• 3. 4:14 ver. 37
• 4. 4:15 See Matt. 4:23
• 5. 4:16 For ver. 16-30, [Matt. 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6]
• 6. 4:16 ch. 2:39, 51
• 7. 4:16 [Acts 17:2]
• 8. 4:16 ver. 31; See Mark 6:2
• 9. 4:16 Acts 13:15, 27; 15:21
• 10. 4:17 ch. 3:4; [Acts 8:28]
• 11. 4:18 Cited from Isa. 61:1, 2
• 12. 4:18 ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]
• 13. 4:18 Matt. 11:5; [ch. 6:20]
• 14. 4:18 Ps. 146:7, 8
• 15. 4:18 [Isa. 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]
• 16. 4:18 Isa. 58:6
• 17. 4:19 Lev. 25:10; [Isa. 49:8; 2 Cor. 6:2]
• 18. 4:20 Matt. 26:55; [John 8:2]; [Matt. 5:1; 13:2]
• 19. 4:20 Acts 3:4; [ch. 19:48]
• 20. 4:21 Mark 12:10; Acts 8:35
• 21. 4:21 See Matt. 1:22
• 22. 4:22 Ps. 45:2
• 23. 4:22 [Matt. 13:55; John 6:42]
• 24. 4:22 ch. 3:23
• 25. 4:23 [ch. 23:39; Matt. 27:42]
• 26. 4:23 Matt. 11:23; Mark 2:1-12; John 4:46-53
• 27. 4:24 See Matt. 13:57
• 28. 4:25 1 Kgs. 17:1; 18:1; James 5:17; [Rev. 11:6]
• 29. 4:26 1 Kgs. 17:9
• 30. 4:27 [2 Kgs. 7:3]
• 31. 4:27 2 Kgs. 5:1-14
• 32. 4:29 [Num. 15:35; Acts 7:58]
• 33. 4:30 John 8:59; 10:39
• 34. 4:31 For ver. 31-37, see Mark 1:21-28
• 35. 4:31 Matt. 4:13
• 36. 4:31 ver. 15, 16; See Matt. 4:23
• 37. 4:31 See Mark 6:2
• 38. 4:32 ver. 36; See Matt. 7:28, 29
• 39. 4:32 ver. 36; See Matt. 7:28, 29
• 40. 4:33 [See ver. 31 above]
• 41. 4:34 See Matt. 8:29
• 42. 4:34 [Acts 19:15; James 2:19]
• 43. 4:34 John 6:69; Acts 3:14; Rev. 3:7; [ch. 1:35; Heb. 7:26; 1 John 2:20]
• 44. 4:35 ver. 41; See Matt. 12:16
• 45. 4:36 ver. 32; [Matt. 8:27]
• 46. 4:36 ver. 32; [Matt. 8:27]
• 47. 4:37 ver. 14
• 48. 4:38 For ver. 38-41, see Matt. 8:14-16; Mark 1:29-34
• 49. 4:38 1 Cor. 9:5
• 50. 4:39 ch. 8:24; 9:42; Matt. 8:26; 17:18; Mark 4:39; 9:25
• 51. 4:40 See Mark 5:23
• 52. 4:41 Mark 3:11, 12; [Acts 16:17, 18]
• 53. 4:41 ver. 33
• 54. 4:41 See Matt. 14:33
• 55. 4:41 Mark 3:11, 12; [Acts 16:17, 18]
• 56. 4:41 See Matt. 1:17
• 57. 4:42 For ver. 42, 43, see Mark 1:35-38
• 58. 4:42 ch. 5:16
• 59. 4:42 [Mark 1:36]
• 60. 4:43 See ch. 13:33
• 61. 4:43 ch. 8:1; 16:16; Matt. 4:23; 24:14; Acts 8:12
• 62. 4:44 [Mark 1:39]

Footnotes

• [a] 4:27 'Leprosy' was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
• [b] 4:34 Or 'Leave us alone'
• [c] 4:44 Some manuscripts 'Galilee'