Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry^(A)

^14 (B)Then Jesus returned ^(C)in the power of the Spirit to ^(D)Galilee, and ^(E)news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. ¹⁵ And He ^(F)taught in their synagogues, ^(G)being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth^(H)

¹⁶ So He came to ^(I)Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, ^(J)He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

²⁰ Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹ And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is ^(M)fulfilled in your hearing.” ²² So all bore witness to Him, and ^(N)marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, ^(O)“Is this not Joseph’s son?”

²³ He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in ^(P)Capernaum,^[c] do also here in ^(Q)Your country.’ ” ²⁴ Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no ^(R)prophet is accepted in his own country. ²⁵ But I tell you truly, ^(S)many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land; ²⁶ but to none of them was Elijah sent except to ^[d]Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ^27 (T)And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

²⁸ So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were ^(U)filled with ^[e]wrath, ^29 (V)and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. ³⁰ Then ^(W)passing through the midst of them, He went His way.

Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit^(X)

³¹ Then ^(Y)He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. ³² And they were ^(Z)astonished at His teaching, ^(AA)for His word was with authority. ^33 (AB)Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴ saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? ^(AC)I know who You are—^(AD)the Holy One of God!”

³⁵ But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ^[f]“Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. ³⁶ Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” ³⁷ And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed^(AE)

^38 (AF)Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s wife’s mother was ^[g]sick with a high fever, and they ^(AG)made request of Him concerning her. ³⁹ So He stood over her and ^(AH)rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.

Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset^(AI)

^40 (AJ)When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. ^41 (AK)And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, ^(AL)“You are ^[h]the Christ, the Son of God!”

And He, ^(AM)rebuking them, did not allow them to ^[i]speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Galilee^(AN)

^42 (AO)Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; ⁴³ but He said to them, “I must ^(AP)preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” ^44 (AQ)And He was preaching in the synagogues of ^[j]Galilee.