CHAPTER 4
Then
Jesus,
full
of the Holy
Spirit,
returned
from
the
Jordan
and
was led
by
the
Spirit
into
the
wilderness,
where for forty
days
He was tempted
by
the
devil.
He ate
nothing
during
those
days,
and
when they
had ended,
He was hungry.
Then
the devil led Him up to a high place
and showed
Him
in
an instant
all
the
kingdoms
of the
world.
“I will give
You
authority
over all
these kingdoms
and all
their
glory,”
he
said.
“For
it has been relinquished
to me,
and
I can give
it
to anyone
I wish.
Then
the devil led
Him
to
Jerusalem
and
set Him
on
the
pinnacle
of the
temple.
“If
You are
the Son
of God,”
he said,
“throw
Yourself
down
from here.
and
they will lift
You up
in
their hands,
so that You will not
strike
Your
foot
against
a stone.’”
Jesus
returned
to
Galilee
in
the
power
of the
Spirit,
and
the news
about
Him
spread
throughout
the
surrounding region.
Then
Jesus came
to
Nazareth,
where
He had been
brought up.
As was
His
custom,
He entered
the
synagogue
on
the
Sabbath.
And when
He stood up
to read,
the scroll of
the
prophet
Isaiah
was handed
to Him.
Unrolling
it,
He found
the
place
where
it was
written:
“The Spirit
of the Lord is
on
Me,
because
He has anointed
Me
to preach good news
to the poor.
He has sent
Me
to proclaim
deliverance
to the captives
and
recovery of sight
to the blind,
to release
the oppressed,
Then
He rolled up
the
scroll,
returned it
to the
attendant,
and sat down.
The
eyes
of everyone
in
the
synagogue
were
fixed on
Him,
All
spoke well
of Him
and
marveled
at
the
gracious
words
that
came
from
His
lips.
“Isn’t
this
the son
of Joseph?”
they asked.
Jesus said
to
them,
“Surely
you will quote
this
proverb
to Me:
‘Physician,
heal
yourself!
Do
here
in
Your
hometown
what
we have heard that
You did
in
Capernaum.'"
But
I tell
you
truthfully that
there were
many
widows
in
Israel
in
the
time
of Elijah,
when
the
sky
was shut
for
three
and
a half
years
and
great
famine
swept
over
all
the
land.
And
there were
many
lepers
in
Israel
in the time
of Elisha
the
prophet.
Yet
not one
of them
was cleansed—
only
Naaman
the
Syrian.”
They got up,
drove
Him
out
of
the town,
and
led
Him
to
the brow
of the
hill
on
which
the
town
was built,
in order
to throw Him over the cliff.
Then
He went down
to
Capernaum,
a town
in Galilee,
and
on
the
Sabbath
He began
to teach
the people.
In
the
synagogue
there was
a man
possessed by
the spirit
of an unclean
demon.
He cried out
in a loud
voice,
“Ha!
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!”
But
Jesus
rebuked
the demon.
“Be silent!”
He said.
“Come
out of
him!”
Then
the
demon
threw the man down
before
them all
and came out
without
harming
him.
All the people
were overcome
with amazement
and
asked
one another,
“What
is this
message?
With
authority
and
power
He commands
the
unclean
spirits,
and
they come out!”
Jesus left
the
synagogue
and went
to
the
home
of Simon,
whose
mother-in-law
was
suffering from
a high
fever.
They appealed
to Jesus
on
her behalf,
and
He stood
over
her
and rebuked
the
fever,
and
it left
her.
And
she got up
at once
and began to serve
them.
At sunset,
all
who were
ill
with various
diseases
were brought
to
Jesus,
and
laying
His
hands
on each
one,
He healed
them.
Demons
also
came out
of
many people,
shouting,
“You
are
the
Son
of God!”
But
He rebuked the demons
and would not allow
them
to speak,
because
they knew
He
was
the
Christ.
At daybreak,
Jesus went out
to
a solitary
place,
and
the
crowds
were looking for
Him.
They came
to
Him
and
tried to keep
Him
from
leaving.
But
Jesus told
them,
“I
must
preach the good news
of the
kingdom
of God
to the
other
towns
as well,
because
that is why
I was sent.”