耶稣受试探

耶稣被圣灵充满,从约旦河回来后,随圣灵的引导来到旷野, 在那里受魔鬼的试探四十天。那些日子耶稣什么也没吃。那段日子过后,祂饿了。 魔鬼对祂说:“如果你是上帝的儿子,可以把这块石头变成食物来吃啊。”

耶稣回答说:“圣经上说,‘人活着不是单靠食物。’”

魔鬼又带祂上到高处,顷刻间把天下万国展示给祂看, 又说:“我要把这一切权势和荣耀都给你,因为这一切全交给我了,我想给谁就给谁。 所以如果你向我下拜,这一切就是你的了。”

耶稣回答说:“圣经上说,‘要敬拜主——你的上帝,单单事奉祂。’”

魔鬼又带耶稣到耶路撒冷,让祂站在圣殿的最高处,说:“如果你是上帝的儿子,就从这里跳下去吧, 10 因为圣经上说,‘上帝会吩咐祂的天使保护你, 11 他们会用手托住你,不让你的脚碰在石头上。’”

12 耶稣回答说:“圣经上说,‘不可试探主——你的上帝。’”

13 魔鬼用尽各样的试探后,暂时离开了耶稣。

拿撒勒人厌弃耶稣

14 耶稣带着圣灵的能力回到加利利,祂的名声传遍了周围地区。 15 祂在各会堂里教导人,大家都称赞祂。

16 祂来到自己长大的地方拿撒勒,照常在安息日进会堂,并站起来诵读圣经。 17 有人把以赛亚先知书递给祂,祂打开书卷,找到这样一段经文:

18 “主的灵在我身上,
因为祂膏立了我,
让我传福音给贫穷的人,
差遣我宣告被掳的人得释放、
瞎眼的人得见光明、
受欺压的人得自由,
19 又宣告上帝悦纳人的恩年已经来临。”

20 耶稣读完便收好书卷,还给负责的人,然后坐下。会堂里的人都把目光集中在祂身上。

21 祂就对他们说:“你们刚才听见的这段经文今天已经应验了。”

22 大家都称赞祂,听见祂那些充满恩典的话,都感到惊奇,就说:“这不是约瑟的儿子吗?”

23 耶稣对他们说:“你们肯定会把这句俗话用在我身上,说,‘医生啊,治好你自己吧!你在迦百农所行的一切,我们都听说了,也在你家乡行给我们看吧!’ 24 可是我实在告诉你们,先知在自己的家乡都是不受欢迎的。 25 事实上,在以利亚先知的时代,天干旱无雨达三年半之久,遍地有大饥荒。那时,以色列国有许多寡妇, 26 但以利亚并没有奉命去帮助她们任何人,只奉命去帮助住在西顿地区撒勒法的一个寡妇。 27 在以利沙先知的时代,以色列国有许多患麻风病的人,但没有一个人得到医治,反而叙利亚的乃缦得到了医治。”

28 会堂里的人听了这些话都怒火中烧, 29 就起来把耶稣赶出城外,带到悬崖边,要把祂推下去。他们的城就坐落在山上。 30 耶稣却从他们中间穿过,离开了那里。

加利利赶鬼医病

31 耶稣下到加利利的迦百农镇,在安息日教导众人。 32 听众对祂的教导感到惊奇,因为祂的话里充满权柄。

33 在会堂里有一个被污鬼附身的人高声喊叫: 34 “唉!拿撒勒的耶稣啊,我们和你有什么关系?你是来毁灭我们吗?我知道你是谁,你是上帝的圣者!”

35 耶稣责备它说:“住口!从他身上出来!”污鬼当场把那人摔倒,然后从他身上离开了,丝毫没有伤害他。

36 大家都很惊讶,彼此议论说:“这是怎么回事?祂的话竟然带着权柄和能力,一吩咐污鬼,它们就出来了!”

37 耶稣的名声传遍了周围地区。

耶稣医治许多人

38 祂离开会堂,到了西门的家。那时,西门的岳母正在发高烧,众人就求耶稣医治她。

39 耶稣站在她旁边,斥责热病,热病就退了,她便立刻起来服侍他们。

40 到了黄昏,人们把患各种疾病的人带到耶稣面前。耶稣把手按在病人身上,一一治好他们, 41 并赶出许多附在人身上的鬼。那些鬼喊叫着:“你是上帝的儿子!”耶稣却斥责它们,不许它们说话,因为它们知道祂是基督。

42 黎明时,耶稣退到一处僻静的地方。众人四处找祂,找到后想留住祂,不让祂离开。 43 但耶稣对他们说:“我必须把上帝国的福音传到其他的城镇去,因为我是为此而被差来的。” 44 于是耶稣继续在加利利[a]各会堂里传道。

Footnotes

  1. 4:44 加利利”另有抄本作“犹太”。

The Devil tries to make Jesus do wrong things

Then Jesus returned from the Jordan River.[a] He was full of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness. He stayed there for 40 days and he did not eat anything. During this time the Devil tried to cause Jesus to do wrong things.[b] At the end of 40 days, Jesus was very hungry.

The Devil said to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone. Tell it to become bread.’

‘No!’ Jesus replied, ‘The Bible says that food alone cannot cause people to live.’[c]

After that, the Devil led Jesus up to a high place. In one moment, he showed Jesus all the countries in the whole world. He said to Jesus, ‘I will let you rule the whole world. I will give you power over all these things. That power all belongs to me. So I can give it to anyone that I choose. You must bend down low and worship me. Then I will give you power over the whole world.’[d]

‘No!’ Jesus replied, ‘The Bible says,

“Only worship your Lord God.
He is the only one that you should obey.” ’[e]

The Devil now took Jesus to Jerusalem. He took him to stand on the highest part of the temple. Then he said to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God, jump down from here to the ground. 10 You know that the Bible says:

“God will tell his angels to keep you safe.”
11 “They will hold you safely in their hands.
They will not let you hurt your foot on a stone.” ’[f]

12 ‘No!’ Jesus replied. ‘The Bible says,

“Do not test the Lord God, to see if he will save you.” ’[g]

13 In those ways, the Devil tried to make Jesus do many wrong things. When he had finished this, he left Jesus alone. He waited for another chance.

Jesus goes to Nazareth

14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee. The Holy Spirit continued to give him power. Everyone who lived near there heard the news about him. 15 He taught people in the Jewish meeting places.[h] Everyone said good things about him.

16 Jesus went to Nazareth, the town where he had grown up. On the Jewish day of rest, he went to their meeting place.[i] This was what he usually did. He stood up to read aloud from the Bible.[j]

17 They gave him the scroll that had the messages of God's prophet Isaiah. Jesus opened the scroll. He found the place where Isaiah wrote:

18 ‘The Spirit of the Lord God is on me.

He has chosen me to tell good news to poor people.

He has sent me to tell people who are in prison, “You can go free!”

I must say to people that cannot see, “See again!”

I must cause people that are like slaves to become free.

19 I must tell everyone, “This is the year when God will be kind to his people.” ’[k]

20 When Jesus had read this to the people, he closed the scroll. He gave it back to an officer of the meeting place. Then he sat down to teach the people. Everyone in the meeting place was looking carefully at him.

21 Jesus said to them, ‘Today this message has become true. It has happened while you were listening.’

22 Everyone was talking about Jesus. They were surprised at the good way in which he spoke. They said to each other, ‘We know that he is only Joseph's son.’

23 Jesus then said to them, ‘Now you will tell me the proverb, “Doctor, make yourself well!” You will also say, “We have heard that you did many surprising things in Capernaum. This is your home town, so do the same things here!” 24 I tell you this: People do not accept a prophet of God who comes from their own town.

25 What I tell you is true. There were many widows in the country of Israel when Elijah was alive. At that time, it did not rain for three and a half years. So people were very hungry in all the country. 26 But God did not send Elijah to help a widow in Israel. Instead, God sent Elijah to the country called Sidon. There he helped a widow in a place called Zarephath.[l]

27 Here is another example: When God's prophet Elisha was alive, there were many people in Israel with a bad disease of the skin. But God did not make any of them well. Instead, he made a man well who was from the country called Syria. That man was called Naaman.’[m]

28 The people in the meeting place heard what Jesus said.[n] They became very angry. 29 They stood up and they made him leave the town. They took him to the top of the hill outside the town. They wanted to throw him over the edge to the bottom. 30 But Jesus walked through the middle of the crowd and he went away.

Jesus causes a bad spirit to leave a man

31 Jesus went to a town in Galilee called Capernaum. On the Jewish day of rest, he taught the people there. 32 The people were very surprised at the things that Jesus taught them. He spoke with authority. 33 There was a sick man in the meeting place. He had a spirit of a bad demon that was living inside him. The spirit caused the man to shout loudly. 34 He said, ‘Jesus from Nazareth, leave us alone! Do not destroy us! I know who you are. You are God's Holy One!’

35 Jesus said to the spirit, ‘Be quiet! Come out of the man!’ Then the bad spirit caused the man to fall to the ground in front of the people. It came out of the man but it did not hurt him.

36 All the people were very surprised and they said to each other, ‘Listen to what this man says! He has power and authority. He tells bad spirits to come out of people, and they come out.’ 37 So they began to tell everyone about Jesus. Because of this, people in all the places near Capernaum heard the news about Jesus.

Jesus makes many people well

38 Jesus then left the meeting place and he went to Simon's home. The mother of Simon's wife was ill and her body was very hot. So they asked Jesus to make her well. 39 Jesus came and he stood near her. He told the illness to go away and immediately she was well again. She got up and she prepared food for her visitors.

40 When the sun was going down, people in the town brought to Jesus all those people who were ill. They had many different kinds of illness. Jesus put his hands on each ill person and they became well again.

41 Also, bad spirits came out of many people. They were shouting, ‘You are the Son of God.’ The spirits knew that Jesus was the Messiah. Because of this, Jesus stopped them. He would not let them speak.

42 Early the next morning, Jesus went to a place where he could be alone. The people went to look for him. When they found him they said, ‘Do not leave us! Please stay here with us.’ 43 Jesus replied, ‘I must go to other towns to tell everyone the good news. I will tell them how God rules in the lives of his people. That is what God sent me to do.’

44 Then he travelled to many towns in the country called Judea. He went into the Jewish meeting places and taught people there.

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Jesus was soon to start the work that God sent him to do.
  2. 4:2 The Devil is an angel that refused to obey God. He also tries to cause people to do bad things.
  3. 4:4 The Devil knew that Jesus was very hungry, so he gave him the idea to make stones into food. Jesus knew that he had power to do anything. But he wanted only to obey God. He could make stones into food. But that was not what God wanted. Our bodies are not the most important part of us. Jesus came to give us food for our spirits. That part of us is more important. Jesus knew what God said in his book. And he answered the Devil with words from Deuteronomy 8:3.
  4. 4:7 The Devil was telling Jesus that his work could be easier. He would let Jesus rule the world now, if he would obey him. Jesus knew that this was wrong. He knew that he must obey only God.
  5. 4:8 Jesus was speaking the words in Deuteronomy 6:13.
  6. 4:11 The Devil was using the words from Psalms 91:11-12. But he was not using them in a right way.
  7. 4:12 Jesus was speaking words from Deuteronomy 6:16. He was standing on the highest part of the temple. This was 600 metres above the ground. He knew that God did not want him to jump. We must not get into danger just to see God save us.
  8. 4:15 Jews used their meeting places to pray together and to learn more about God.
  9. 4:16 The Jewish day of rest is our Saturday. This was a special day for them, when nobody worked.
  10. 4:16 The Bible that the Jews read was the Old Testament. See Isaiah 58:6; 61:1-2.
  11. 4:19 Jesus read the words from Isaiah 61:1-2, but he changed them a bit.
  12. 4:26 We can read about this widow in 1 Kings 17:7-24.
  13. 4:27 We can read about Naaman in 2 Kings 5.
  14. 4:28 Jesus told the people in the meeting place about himself. But they did not like the things that he was saying. They refused to believe that God had sent him.

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

Satan Tempts Jesus(A)

Then (B)Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and (C)was led by the Spirit [a]into the wilderness, being [b]tempted for forty days by the devil. And (D)in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

And the devil said to Him, “If You are (E)the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, (F)‘Man shall not live by bread alone, [c]but by every word of God.’

[d]Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for (G)this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”

And Jesus answered and said to him, [e]“Get behind Me, Satan! [f]For it is written, (H)‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’

(I)Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. 10 For it is written:

(J)‘He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you,’

11 and,

(K)‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’

12 And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, (L)‘You shall not [g]tempt the Lord your God.’

13 Now when the devil had ended every [h]temptation, he departed from Him (M)until an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry(N)

14 (O)Then Jesus returned (P)in the power of the Spirit to (Q)Galilee, and (R)news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. 15 And He (S)taught in their synagogues, (T)being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth(U)

16 So He came to (V)Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, (W)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:

18 “The(X) Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me [i]to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To (Y)set at liberty those who are [j]oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

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 (Z)fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 So all bore witness to Him, and (AA)marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, (AB)“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 (AC)Capernaum,[k] do also here in (AD)Your country.’ ” 24 Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no (AE)prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 But I tell you truly, (AF)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 [l]Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 (AG)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 (AH)filled with [m]wrath, 29 (AI)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 (AJ)passing through the midst of them, He went His way.

Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit(AK)

31 Then (AL)He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. 32 And they were (AM)astonished at His teaching, (AN)for His word was with authority. 33 (AO)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? (AP)I know who You are—(AQ)the Holy One of God!”

35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, [n]“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(AR)

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

Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset(AV)

40 (AW)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 (AX)And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, (AY)“You are [p]the Christ, the Son of God!”

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

Jesus Preaches in Galilee(BA)

42 (BB)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 (BC)preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” 44 (BD)And He was preaching in the synagogues of [r]Galilee.

Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:1 NU in
  2. Luke 4:2 tested
  3. Luke 4:4 NU omits but by every word of God
  4. Luke 4:5 NU And taking Him up, he showed Him
  5. Luke 4:8 NU omits Get behind Me, Satan
  6. Luke 4:8 NU, M omit For
  7. Luke 4:12 test
  8. Luke 4:13 testing
  9. Luke 4:18 NU omits to heal the brokenhearted
  10. Luke 4:18 downtrodden
  11. Luke 4:23 NU Capharnaum, here and elsewhere
  12. Luke 4:26 Gr. Sarepta
  13. Luke 4:28 rage
  14. Luke 4:35 Lit. Be muzzled
  15. Luke 4:38 afflicted with
  16. Luke 4:41 NU omits the Christ
  17. Luke 4:41 Or say that they knew
  18. Luke 4:44 NU Judea