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The Temptation of Jesus
But Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
But Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”
And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.
And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.
“I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please.
And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.
I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”
If therefore *thou* wilt do homage before me, all [of it] shall be thine.
And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off!
And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the edge of the temple, and said to him, If thou be Son of God, cast thyself down hence;
For the Scriptures say,
‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you.
‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you.
for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee to keep thee;
and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.
And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.
When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came.
And the devil, having completed every temptation, departed from him for a time.
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region.
Jesus Begins His Ministry
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about him;
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about him;
He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.
and *he* taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures.
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.
And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.
The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:
And [the] book of the prophet Esaias was given to him; and having unrolled the book he found the place where it was written,
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered,
to preach [the] acceptable year of [the] Lord.
He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently.
And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.
Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”
And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
Then he said, “You will undoubtedly quote me this proverb: ‘Physician, heal yourself’ — meaning, ‘Do miracles here in your hometown like those you did in Capernaum.’
And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.
But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.
And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] country.
“Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.
But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,
Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner — a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman [that was] a widow.
And many in Israel had leprosy in the time of the prophet Elisha, but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian.”
And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.
When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious.
And they were all filled with rage in the synagogue, hearing these things;
Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,
and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;
but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.
but *he*, passing through the midst of them, went his way,
Jesus Casts Out a Demon
Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day.
Jesus Expels an Evil Spirit
and descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbaths.
and descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbaths.
There, too, the people were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.
And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with authority.
And there was in the synagogue a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried with a loud voice,
“Go away! Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!”
saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy [One] of God.
But Jesus reprimanded him. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. At that, the demon threw the man to the floor as the crowd watched; then it came out of him without hurting him further.
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon, having thrown him down into the midst, came out from him without doing him any injury.
Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!”
And astonishment came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What word [is] this? for with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.
The news about Jesus spread through every village in the entire region.
And a rumour went out into every place of the country round concerning him.
Jesus Heals Many People
After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon’s home, where he found Simon’s mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. “Please heal her,” everyone begged.
Jesus Heals at Peter's House
And rising up out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering under a bad fever; and they asked him for her.
And rising up out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering under a bad fever; and they asked him for her.
Standing at her bedside, he rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and prepared a meal for them.
And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and forthwith standing up she served them.
As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were, the touch of his hand healed every one.
And when the sun went down, all, as many as had persons sick with divers diseases, brought them to him, and having laid his hands on every one of them, he healed them;
Many were possessed by demons; and the demons came out at his command, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But because they knew he was the Messiah, he rebuked them and refused to let them speak.
and demons also went out from many, crying out and saying, *Thou* art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.
Jesus Continues to Preach
Early the next morning Jesus went out to an isolated place. The crowds searched everywhere for him, and when they finally found him, they begged him not to leave them.
Jesus Preaches in Judea
And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and [would have] kept him back that he should not go from them.
And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and [would have] kept him back that he should not go from them.
But he replied, “I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent.”
But he said to them, I must needs announce the glad tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for for this I have been sent forth.