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For the third test the Devil took him to Jerusalem and put him on top of the Temple. He said, "If you are God's Son, jump.
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It's written, isn't it, that 'he has placed you in the care of angels to protect you;
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they will catch you; you won't so much as stub your toe on a stone'?"
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"Yes," said Jesus, "and it's also written, 'Don't you dare tempt the Lord your God.'"
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That completed the testing. The Devil retreated temporarily, lying in wait for another opportunity.
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Jesus returned to Galilee powerful in the Spirit. News that he was back spread through the countryside.
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He taught in their meeting places to everyone's acclaim and pleasure.
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He came to Nazareth where he had been reared. As he always did on the Sabbath, he went to the meeting place. When he stood up to read,
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he was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,
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God's Spirit is on me; he's chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor, Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, To set the burdened and battered free,
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to announce, "This is God's year to act!"