Israel Multiplies in Egypt

1 Now these are the ^(A)names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one ^[a]with his household: ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; ³ Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; ⁴ Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ⁵ All the ^[b]persons who came from the loins of Jacob were ^(B)seventy ^[c]in number, but Joseph was already in Egypt. ^6 (C)Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. ⁷ But the sons of Israel ^(D)were fruitful and ^[d]increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly ^[e]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

⁸ Now a new ^(E)king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. ^9 (F)He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are ^[f]more and mightier than we. ¹⁰ Come, let us ^(G)deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and ^[g]in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and ^[h]depart from the land.” ¹¹ So they appointed ^(H)taskmasters over them to afflict them with ^[i](I)hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh ^(J)storage cities, Pithom and ^(K)Raamses. ¹² But the more they afflicted them, ^(L)the more they multiplied and the more they ^[j]spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel. ¹³ The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel ^(M)to labor rigorously; ¹⁴ and they made ^(N)their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously ^[k]imposed on them.

¹⁵ Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom ^[l]was named Shiphrah and the other ^[m]was named Puah; ¹⁶ and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, ^(O)if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” ¹⁷ But the midwives ^[n](P)feared God, and ^(Q)did not do as the king of Egypt had ^[o]commanded them, but let the boys live. ¹⁸ So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?” ¹⁹ The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife ^[p]can get to them.” ²⁰ So ^(R)God was good to the midwives, and ^(S)the people multiplied, and became very ^[q]mighty. ²¹ Because the midwives ^[r](T)feared God, He ^[s](U)established ^[t]households for them. ²² Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “^(V)Every son who is born ^[u]you are to cast into ^(W)the Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive.”

The Temptation of Jesus

4 ^(A)Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, ^(B)returned from the Jordan and was led around ^[a]by the Spirit in the wilderness ² for ^(C)forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry. ³ And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” ⁴ And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘^(D)Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

^5 (E)And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of ^[b](F)the world in a moment of time. ⁶ And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this domain and ^[c]its glory; ^(G)for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. ⁷ Therefore if You ^[d]worship before me, it shall all be Yours.” ⁸ Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘^(H)You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

^9 (I)And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand 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,

¹¹ and,

¹² And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘^(L)You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

¹³ When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

Jesus’ Public Ministry

¹⁴ And ^(M)Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and ^(N)news about Him spread through all the surrounding district. ¹⁵ And He began ^(O)teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.

¹⁶ And He came to ^(P)Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, ^(Q)He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and ^(R)stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the ^[e]book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the ^[f]book and found the place where it was written,

²⁰ And He ^(U)closed the ^[g]book, gave it back to the attendant and ^(V)sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹ And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ^[h]hearing.” ²² And all were ^[i]speaking well of Him, and wondering at the ^[j]gracious words which ^[k]were falling from His lips; and they were saying, “^(W)Is this not Joseph’s son?” ²³ And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done ^(X)at Capernaum, do here in ^(Y)your hometown as well.’” ²⁴ And He said, “Truly I say to you, ^(Z)no prophet is welcome in his hometown. ²⁵ But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel ^(AA)in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land; ²⁶ and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but ^(AB)only to ^[l]Zarephath, in the land of ^(AC)Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷ And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but ^(AD)only Naaman the Syrian.” ²⁸ And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; ²⁹ and they got up and ^(AE)drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff. ³⁰ But ^(AF)passing through their midst, He went His way.

³¹ And ^(AG)He came down to ^(AH)Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; ³² and ^(AI)they were amazed at His teaching, for ^(AJ)His ^[m]message was with authority. ³³ In the synagogue there was a man ^[n]possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴ “Let us alone! ^[o](AK)What business do we have with each other, Jesus ^[p]of ^(AL)Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—^(AM)the Holy One of God!” ³⁵ But Jesus ^(AN)rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm. ³⁶ And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, “What is ^[q]this message? For ^(AO)with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out.” ³⁷ And ^(AP)the report about Him was spreading into every locality in the surrounding district.

Many Are Healed

^38 (AQ)Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ^(AR)suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him ^[r]to help her. ³⁹ And standing over her, He ^(AS)rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and ^[s]waited on them.

^40 (AT)While ^(AU)the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and ^(AV)laying His hands on each one of them, He was ^(AW)healing them. ⁴¹ Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are ^(AX)the Son of God!” But ^(AY)rebuking them, He would ^(AZ)not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be ^[t]the Christ.

^42 (BA)When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them. ⁴³ But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, ^(BB)for I was sent for this purpose.”

⁴⁴ So He kept on preaching in the synagogues ^(BC)of ^[u]Judea.