Luk 4 | ESV | STEP | And Jesus , full of the Holy Spirit , returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

1 ^aAnd Jesus, ^bfull of the Holy Spirit, ^creturned from the Jordan and was led ^dby the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for ^eforty days, ^fbeing tempted by the devil. ^gAnd he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, ^hhe was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are ⁱthe Son of God, command ^jthis stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, ^k“It is written, ^l‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” 5 ^mAnd the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you ⁿI will give all this authority and their glory, ^ofor it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 And Jesus answered him, ^p“It is written,

^q“‘You shall worship the Lord your God,
and ^rhim only shall you serve.’”

9 ^sAnd he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are ^tthe Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written,

^u“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
to guard you,’

11 and

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

12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ^w‘You shall not ^xput the Lord your God to the test.’” 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him ^yuntil an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 ^zAnd Jesus returned ^aain the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and ^aba report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And ^ache taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 ^adAnd he came to ^aeNazareth, where he had been brought up. And ^afas was his custom, ^aghe went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up ^ahto read. 17 And ^aithe scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

18 ^aj“The Spirit of the Lord ^akis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ^alproclaim good news to the poor.
^amHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^anrecovering of sight to the blind,
^aoto set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 ^apto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and ^aqsat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were ^arfixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today ^asthis Scripture ^athas been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at ^authe gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, ^av“Is not this ^awJoseph’s son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ^ax‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard you did ^ayat Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, ^azno prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when ^bathe heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them ^bbbut only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And ^bcthere were many lepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, ^bebut only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and ^bfdrove 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. 30 But ^bgpassing through their midst, he went away.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

31 ^bhAnd he ^biwent down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And ^bjhe was teaching them ^bkon the Sabbath, 32 and ^blthey were astonished at his teaching, ^bmfor his word possessed authority. 33 And ^bnin the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Ha! ^{▼▼Or Leave us alone} ^bpWhat have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? ^bqI know who you are— ^brthe Holy One of God.” 35 But Jesus ^bsrebuked 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. 36 And ^btthey were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? ^buFor with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 37 And ^bvreports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Jesus Heals Many

38 ^bwAnd he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Now ^bxSimon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. 39 And he stood over her and ^byrebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and ^bzhe laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. 41 ^caAnd demons also came out of many, ^cbcrying, “You are ^ccthe Son of God!” But he rebuked them and ^cdwould not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was ^cethe Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

42 ^cfAnd when it was day, he departed and went ^cginto a desolate place. And ^chthe people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, 43 but he said to them, ^ci“I must ^cjpreach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” 44 And he was preaching ^ckin the synagogues of Judea. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Galilee}