Luke 4:1-21

English Standard Version

The Temptation of Jesus

4 ^(A)And Jesus, ^(B)full of the Holy Spirit, ^(C)returned from the Jordan and was led ^(D)by the Spirit in the wilderness ²for ^(E)forty days, ^(F)being tempted by the devil. ^(G)And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, ^(H)he was hungry. ³The devil said to him, “If you are ^(I)the Son of God, command ^(J)this stone to become bread.” ⁴And Jesus answered him, ^(K)“It is written, ^(L)‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” ⁵^(M)And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, ⁶and said to him, “To you ^(N)I will give all this authority and their glory, ^(O)for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. ⁷If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” ⁸And Jesus answered him, ^(P)“It is written,

^(Q)“‘You shall worship the Lord your God,
and ^(R)him only shall you serve.’”

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

^(U)“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
to guard you,’

¹¹and

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

¹²And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ^(W)‘You shall not ^(X)put the Lord your God to the test.’” ¹³And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him ^(Y)until an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹⁴^(Z)And Jesus returned ^(AA)in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and ^(AB)a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵And ^(AC)he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

¹⁶^(AD)And he came to ^(AE)Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And ^(AF)as was his custom, ^(AG)he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up ^(AH)to read. ¹⁷And ^(AI)the 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 ^(AK)is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to ^(AL)proclaim good news to the poor.
^(AM)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and ^(AN)recovering of sight to the blind,
    ^(AO)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
¹⁹^(AP)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

²⁰And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and ^(AQ)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were ^(AR)fixed on him. ²¹And he began to say to them, “Today ^(AS)this Scripture ^(AT)has been fulfilled in your hearing.”