Luke

¹Full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. ²For forty days, he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days and afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry. ³The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread!”

⁴Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”⁶⁷²

⁵Leading him up on a high place, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶The devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me and I give it to whomever I want.^{673 7}If you therefore will express adoration to⁶⁷⁴ me,⁶⁷⁵ it will all be yours.”

⁸Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan!⁶⁷⁶ For it is written, ‘You shall express adoration to the Lord your God, and to him only shall you offer divine service.’”⁶⁷⁷

⁹The devil⁶⁷⁸ led him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here, ¹⁰for it is written,

He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;

¹¹and,

They will carry you with their hands,

for fear that you may dash your foot against a stone.⁶⁷⁹

¹²In reply, Jesus said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”⁶⁸⁰

¹³When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from Jesus⁶⁸¹ until another time.

The Lord’s ministry in Galilee and his rejection in Nazareth

¹⁴Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area. ¹⁵He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

¹⁶He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As was his custom, he entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. ¹⁷The scroll of the prophet Isaias was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written:

¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,⁶⁸²

because he has anointed me to preach Good News to the poor.

He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,⁶⁸³

to proclaim release to the captives,

recovery of sight to the blind,

to deliver those who are crushed,⁶⁸⁴

¹⁹and to proclaim the favorable⁶⁸⁵ year of the Lord.⁶⁸⁶

²⁰He closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹He began to tell them, “Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

²²All testified about him and marveled at the gracious words which came out of his mouth; and they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

²³He said to them, “Without doubt, you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do also [right] here in your hometown whatever we have heard that was done at Capernaum!’” ²⁴Jesus⁶⁸⁷ continued, “Amen, I tell you that no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. ²⁵But I tell you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came all over the land. ²⁶Elias was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian.”

²⁸As they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with anger. ²⁹They rose up, threw Jesus⁶⁸⁸ out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill that their city was built on in order to push him off the cliff. ³⁰But passing through their midst, he went his way.

The healing of a demoniac in Capernaum

³¹Jesus⁶⁸⁹ came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching the people⁶⁹⁰ on the Sabbath day, ³²and they were astonished at his teaching because his word was with authority. ³³In the synagogue, there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴saying, “Ah! What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”

³⁵Jesus⁶⁹¹ rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” When the demon had thrown the man among them, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

³⁶Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!” ³⁷News about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.

The healing of Peter’s (Simon’s) mother in law—Other healings

³⁸Jesus left the synagogue and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they asked him [to do something] for her. ³⁹He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately, she rose up and served them. ⁴⁰When the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus;⁶⁹² and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. ⁴¹Demons also came out from many, crying out, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, Jesus⁶⁹³ did not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

⁴²When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place. The people were looking for him and came to him. They held on to him in order to prevent him from leaving them. ⁴³But he said to them, “I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God to the other cities as well. I have been sent for this reason!” ⁴⁴And he continued preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.⁶⁹⁴

The calling of Simon (Peter), James and John

672. Deuteronomy 8:3. CT omits “but by every word of God”—The PT is unique in this instance in that it not only contains “but by every word…of God” but also has the additional words (parallel Matthew 4:4): “but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God”
673. Revelation 13:12
674. proskuneo can also be translated “worship (in the broad sense),” “venerate,” “fall down in reverence,” “do obeisance” (see NT introduction regarding proskuneo)
675. Revelation 13:4,12
676. CT omits “Get behind Me, Satan!”
677. Deuteronomy 6:13. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
678. Greek “he”
679. Psalm 91:11-12/90 LXX
680. Deuteronomy 6:16
681. Greek “him”
682. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
683. CT omits “to heal the brokenhearted”
684. Or “to set free those who are bruised.” NT agrees with LXX against MT.
685. Or “acceptable”
686. Isaias 61:1-2
687. Greek “he”
688. Greek “him”
689. Greek “he”
690. Greek “them”
691. Greek “he”
692. Greek “him”
693. Greek “he”
694. CT reads “Judea” instead of “Galilee”