Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
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Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit as he left the Jordan River. The Spirit led him while he was in the desert,
2 and for forty days was tempted by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward when they were ended, He hungered.
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where he was tempted by the devil for 40 days. During those days Jesus ate nothing, so when they were over, he was hungry.
3 And the devil said unto Him, "If Thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread."
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The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."
4 And Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written: `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"
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Jesus answered him, "Scripture says, 'A person cannot live on bread alone.'"
5 And the devil, taking Him up onto a high mountain, showed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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The devil took him to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant.
6 And the devil said unto Him, "All this power will I give Thee, and the glory of them; for this has been delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it.
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The devil said to him, "I will give you all the power and glory of these kingdoms. All of it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please.
7 If Thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be Thine."
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So if you will worship me, all this will be yours."
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, "Get thee behind Me, Satan! For it is written: `Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.'"
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Jesus answered him, "Scripture says, 'Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"
9 And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple and said unto Him, "If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down from hence.
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Then the devil took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest part of the temple. He said to Jesus, "If you are the Son of God, jump from here!
10 For it is written: `He shall give His angels charge over thee to keep thee,'
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Scripture says, 'He will put his angels in charge of you to watch over you carefully.
11 and, `In their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.'"
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They will carry you in their hands so that you never hit your foot against a rock.'"
12 And Jesus answering said unto him, "It is said, `Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'"
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Jesus answered him, "It has been said, 'Never tempt the Lord your God.'"
13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a season.
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After the devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, the devil left him until another time.
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and His fame went out through all the region round about.
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Jesus returned to Galilee. The power of the Spirit was with him, and the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.
15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
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He taught in the synagogues, and everyone praised him.
16 And He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.
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Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As usual he went into the synagogue on the day of worship. He stood up to read the lesson.
17 And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
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The attendant gave him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened it and found the place where it read:
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
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"The Spirit of the Lord is with me. He has anointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to announce forgiveness to the prisoners of sin and the restoring of sight to the blind, to forgive those who have been shattered by sin,
19 to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."
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to announce the year of the Lord's favor."
20 And He closed the book, and He gave it again to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all those who were in the synagogue were fastened on Him.
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Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue watched him closely.
21 And He began to say unto them, "This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears."
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Then he said to them, "This passage came true today when you heard me read it."
22 And all bore Him witness and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"
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All the people spoke well of him. They were amazed to hear the gracious words flowing from his lips. They said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
23 And He said unto them, "Ye will surely say unto Me this proverb: `Physician, heal thyself! Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.'"
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So he said to them, "You'll probably quote this proverb to me, 'Doctor, cure yourself!' and then say to me, 'Do all the things in your hometown that we've heard you've done in Capernaum.'"
24 And He said, "Verily I say unto you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.
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Then Jesus added, "I can guarantee this truth: A prophet isn't accepted in his hometown.
25 But I tell you in truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land.
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"I can guarantee this truth: There were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time. It had not rained for three-and-a-half years, and the famine was severe everywhere in the country.
26 But unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Zarephath, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
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But God didn't send Elijah to anyone except a widow at Zarephath in the territory of Sidon.
27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian."
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There were also many people with skin diseases in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time. But God cured no one except Naaman from Syria."
28 Then all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
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Everyone in the synagogue became furious when they heard this.
29 and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him unto the brow of a hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
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Their city was built on a hill with a cliff. So they got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the cliff. They intended to throw him off of it.
30 But He, passing through the midst of them, went His way.
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But Jesus walked right by them and went away.
31 And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath days.
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Jesus went to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and taught them on a day of worship.
32 And they were astonished at His doctrine, for His word was with power.
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The people were amazed at his teachings because he spoke with authority.
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, who had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
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In the synagogue was a man possessed by a spirit, an evil demon. He shouted very loudly,
34 saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art Thou come to destroy us? I know Thee and who Thou art -- the Holy One of God!"
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"Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Hold thy peace, and come out of him!" And when the devil had thrown him in their midst, he came out of him and hurt him not.
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Jesus ordered the spirit, "Keep quiet, and come out of him!" The demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out without hurting him.
36 And they were all amazed, and spoke among themselves, saying, "What a word is this! For with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out."
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Everyone was stunned. They said to one another, "What kind of command is this? With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits, and they come out."
37 And His fame went out into every place in the country round about.
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So news about him spread to every place throughout the surrounding region.
38 And He arose out of the synagogue and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought Him for her.
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Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever. They asked Jesus to help her.
39 And He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
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He bent over her, ordered the fever to leave, and it went away. She got up immediately and prepared a meal for them.
40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them, and healed them.
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When the sun was setting, everyone who had friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and cured them.
41 And devils also came out of many, crying out and saying, "Thou art Christ, the Son of God!" And He, rebuking them, suffered them not to speak; for they knew that He was Christ.
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Demons came out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus ordered them not to speak. After all, they knew he was the Messiah.
42 And when it was day, He departed and went into a desert place. And the people sought Him and came unto Him and would have stayed Him, that He should not depart from them.
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In the morning he went to a place where he could be alone. The crowds searched for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving.
43 But He said unto them, "I must preach the Kingdom of God to other cities also, for therefore am I sent."
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But he said to them, "I have to tell the Good News about the kingdom of God in other cities also. That's what I was sent to do."
44 And He preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
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So he spread his message in the synagogues of Judea.
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