Luke Chapter 4
The Temptation of Jesus
1 Jesus went away from the Jordan filled with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit was leading him to the desert 2 while the devil tempted him during 40 days. He didn’t eat anything during that time. Afterwards, he was hungry,
3 and the devil said, “If you’re God’s Son, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “Scripture says,
‘People aren’t to live by bread alone’” [Deut 8:3].
5 The devil took him up to show him the kingdoms of the world in an instant, 6 “I’ll give you all this authority and their splendor. It’s been given to me, and I can give it to whoever I want to. 7 If you bow down to me, it’ll all be yours.”
8 Jesus answered, “Scripture says,
‘Worship the LORD your God,
and only serve him’” [Deut 6:13].
9 The devil took him to Jerusalem and stood him on the pinnacle of the Temple, “If you’re God’s Son, throw yourself down. 10 Scripture says,
‘He’ll tell his angels to guard you’ [Ps 91:11];
11 and
‘They’ll catch you
so you’ll never trip on a rock’” [Ps 91:12].
12 Jesus answered, “It says,
‘Don’t tempt the LORD your God’” [Deut 6:16].
13 When the devil finished tempting him, he left till another chance would come. Lk 4:1-13
Introducing the Galilean Ministry
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about him spread all over the region. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everybody was praising him.
Lk 4:14-15
The First Rejection at Nazareth
16 He went to Nazareth, where he grew up. He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath as usual and stood up to read. 17 They handed him a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled it to where it says,
18 “The Spirit of the LORD is on me.
He’s anointed me to deliver good news to the poor;
he sent me to announce release to captives,
and sight to the blind,
to free the afflicted,
19 to announce the LORD’s acceptable time” [Is 61:1-2; 58:6].
20 He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everybody in the synagogue gave him their full attention. 21 He began, “Today you can hear this scripture being fulfilled.”
22 They started whispering about him, amazed at the gracious way he was speaking. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
23 He said,
“No doubt you’ll use this saying against me, ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ ‘Do here what we heard you did in Capernaum.’ 24 I tell you, a prophet is not welcome in his hometown. 25 There were lots of widows in Israel at the time of Elijah, when it hadn’t rain for 3½ years, and a severe famine dragged on. 26 But the LORD didn’t send Elijah to any of them but to a widow in Zarephath, up around Sidon. 27 There were lots of lepers in Israel at the time of Elisha the prophet, but none of them were cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
28 Everybody in the synagogue just lost it. 29 They jumped up and threw him out of town. They hustled him to the brow of the hill the town was built on, to throw him over the cliff. 30 But he passed through the mob and left.
Lk 4:16-30
Teaching and Miracles in Capernaum
31 He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them every Sabbath. 32 They were impressed because he delivered his message with authority.
33 A man in the synagogue with an unclean demon shouted, 34 “Ah, what is this, Jesus, you Nazarene? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are: God’s Holy One!”
35 Jesus ordered him to be quiet and come out of him. The demon convulsed him right in front of them and came out without harming him.
36 Everybody was astounded, “What is this? With authority and power, he gives orders to unclean spirits, and they come out!” 37 The news about him went out everywhere in the surrounding countryside.
38 He left the synagogue and went to Simon Peter’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, and they asked Jesus about her. 39 He stood over her and ordered the fever to leave. She got up right away and started waiting on them.
40 As the sun was going down, they brought him people with several kinds of illness. He laid hands on each one and healed them. 41 Demons were coming out of many, crying out, “You’re God’s Son.” He wouldn’t let them keep talking because they knew he was the Messiah.
Lk 4:31-41
The First General Tour of Galilee
42 At daybreak the next morning, Jesus went out away from people, and the crowd was looking for him. When they found him, they tried to keep him from leaving, 43 but he said, “I need to present God’s kingdom in other towns too; that’s why I was sent.” 44 He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea [Galileems].
Lk 4:42-44