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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

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The Temptation of Jesus

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

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where for forty days he was tempteda by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

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for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

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The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

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The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’b”

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And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”

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The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

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And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

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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.

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and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.

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If you worship me, it will all be yours.”

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If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”

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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’c”

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And Jesus answered him, “It is written,
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God,
and him only shall you serve.’”

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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.

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And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

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For it is written:
“ ‘He will command his angels concerning you
to guard you carefully;

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for it is written,
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
to guard you,’

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they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’d”

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and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”

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Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’e”

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And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

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When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

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And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.

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Jesus Begins His Ministry

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

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He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

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

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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,

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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

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

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and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

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

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“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,

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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 proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”f

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

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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.

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

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He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

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

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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.

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

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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.’ ”

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

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“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

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

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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.

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

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Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

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

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And there were many in Israel with leprosyg in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed — only Naaman the Syrian.”

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And there were many lepersa in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”

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All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.

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

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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.

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And they rose up and drove 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.

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But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.

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But passing through their midst, he went away.

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Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit

Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.

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Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath,

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They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.

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

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In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,

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

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“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!”

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“Ha!b What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God.”

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“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.

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But Jesus rebuked 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.

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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!”

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

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And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.

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

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Jesus Heals Many

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.

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Jesus Heals Many

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

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So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.

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

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At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

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

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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.”

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

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And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

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And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.c

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