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Tentación de Jesús(A)

Jesús, lleno del Espíritu Santo, volvió del Jordán y fue llevado por el Espíritu al desierto. Allí estuvo cuarenta días y fue tentado por el diablo. No comió nada durante esos días, pasados los cuales tuvo hambre.

—Si eres el Hijo de Dios —propuso el diablo—, ordénale a esta piedra que se convierta en pan.

Jesús respondió:

—Escrito está: “No solo de pan vive el hombre”.[a]

Entonces el diablo lo llevó a un lugar alto y le mostró en un instante todos los reinos del mundo.

—Sobre estos reinos y todo su esplendor —le dijo—, te daré la autoridad, porque a mí me ha sido entregada y puedo dársela a quien yo quiera. Así que, si me adoras, todo será tuyo.

Jesús contestó:

—Escrito está: “Adora al Señor tu Dios y sírvele solamente a él”.[b]

Luego el diablo lo llevó a Jerusalén e hizo que se pusiera de pie sobre la parte más alta del Templo y le dijo:

—Si eres el Hijo de Dios, tírate abajo desde aquí. 10 Pues escrito está:

»“Ordenará que sus ángeles te protejan con sumo cuidado.
11     En sus manos te sostendrán
para que no tropieces con piedra alguna”.[c]

12 —Está dicho: “No pongas a prueba al Señor tu Dios”[d] —respondió Jesús.

13 Así que el diablo, habiendo agotado todo recurso de tentación, lo dejó hasta otra oportunidad.

Rechazan a Jesús en Nazaret

14 Jesús regresó a Galilea en el poder del Espíritu y se extendió su fama por toda aquella región. 15 Enseñaba en las sinagogas y todos lo admiraban.

16 Fue a Nazaret, donde se había criado, y un sábado entró en la sinagoga, como era su costumbre. Se levantó para hacer la lectura 17 y le entregaron el libro del profeta Isaías. Al desenrollarlo, encontró el lugar donde estaba escrito:

18 «El Espíritu del Señor está sobre mí,
    por cuanto me ha ungido
    para anunciar buenas noticias a los pobres.
Me ha enviado a proclamar libertad a los cautivos
    y dar vista a los ciegos,
a poner en libertad a los oprimidos,
19     a pregonar el año del favor del Señor».[e]

20 Luego enrolló el libro, se lo devolvió al ayudante y se sentó. Todos los que estaban en la sinagoga lo miraban detenidamente 21 y él comenzó a hablarles: «Hoy se cumple esta Escritura en presencia de ustedes».

22 Todos dieron su aprobación, impresionados por las hermosas palabras[f] que salían de su boca. «¿No es este el hijo de José?», se preguntaban.

23 Jesús continuó: «Seguramente ustedes me van a citar el proverbio: “¡Médico, cúrate a ti mismo! Haz aquí en tu tierra lo que hemos oído que hiciste en Capernaúm”. 24 Pues bien, les aseguro que a ningún profeta lo aceptan en su propia tierra. 25 No cabe duda de que en tiempos de Elías, cuando el cielo se cerró por tres años y medio, de manera que hubo una gran hambre en toda la tierra, muchas viudas vivían en Israel. 26 Sin embargo, Elías no fue enviado a ninguna de ellas, sino a una viuda de Sarepta, en los alrededores de Sidón. 27 Así mismo, había en Israel muchos con alguna enfermedad de la piel en tiempos del profeta Eliseo, pero ninguno de ellos fue sanado, sino Naamán el sirio».

28 Al oír esto, todos los que estaban en la sinagoga se enfurecieron. 29 Se levantaron, lo expulsaron del pueblo y lo llevaron hasta la cumbre de la colina sobre la que estaba construido el pueblo, para tirarlo por el precipicio. 30 Pero él pasó por en medio de ellos y se fue.

Jesús expulsa a un espíritu maligno(B)

31 Jesús bajó a Capernaúm, un pueblo de Galilea, y el día sábado enseñaba a la gente. 32 Estaban asombrados de su enseñanza, porque hablaba con autoridad.

33 Había en la sinagoga un hombre que estaba poseído por un espíritu maligno, quien gritó con todas sus fuerzas:

34 —¡Ah! ¿Por qué te entrometes, Jesús de Nazaret? ¿Has venido a destruirnos? Yo sé quién eres tú: ¡el Santo de Dios!

35 —¡Cállate! —lo reprendió Jesús—. ¡Sal de ese hombre!

Entonces el demonio derribó al hombre en medio de la gente y salió de él sin hacerle ningún daño.

36 Todos se asustaron y se decían unos a otros: «¿Qué clase de palabra es esta? ¡Con autoridad y poder da órdenes a los espíritus malignos y salen!». 37 Y su fama se extendió por todo aquel lugar.

Jesús sana a muchos enfermos(C)(D)

38 Cuando Jesús salió de la sinagoga, fue a casa de Simón, cuya suegra estaba enferma con una fiebre muy alta. Pidieron a Jesús que la ayudara, 39 así que se inclinó sobre ella, reprendió a la fiebre y esta se le quitó. Ella se levantó enseguida y comenzó a servirles.

40 Al ponerse el sol, la gente llevó a Jesús todos los que padecían de diversas enfermedades; él puso las manos sobre cada uno de ellos y los sanó. 41 Además, de muchas personas salían demonios que gritaban: «¡Tú eres el Hijo de Dios!». Pero él los reprendía y no los dejaba hablar porque sabían que él era el Cristo.

42 Cuando amaneció, Jesús salió y se fue a un lugar solitario. La gente andaba buscándolo y, cuando llegaron adonde él estaba, procuraban detenerlo para que no se fuera. 43 Pero él les dijo: «Es preciso que anuncie también a los demás pueblos las buenas noticias del reino de Dios, porque para esto fui enviado».

44 Y siguió predicando en las sinagogas de Judea.[g]

Footnotes

  1. 4:4 Dt 8:3.
  2. 4:8 Dt 6:13.
  3. 4:10-11 Sal 91:11,12.
  4. 4:12 Dt 6:16.
  5. 4:19 Is 61:1,2.
  6. 4:22 Todos … palabras. Lit. Todos daban testimonio de él y estaban asombrados de las palabras de gracia.
  7. 4:44 Var. Galilea.

The Temptation of Jesus

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,[a] where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.

Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’[b]

Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”

Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say,

‘You must worship the Lord your God
    and serve only him.’[c]

Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! 10 For the Scriptures say,

‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you.
11 And they will hold you up with their hands
    so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’[d]

12 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’[e]

13 When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region. 15 He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.

16 When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures. 17 The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
    that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
19     and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.[f]

20 He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. 21 Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

22 Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

23 Then he said, “You will undoubtedly quote me this proverb: ‘Physician, heal yourself’—meaning, ‘Do miracles here in your hometown like those you did in Capernaum.’ 24 But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.

25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon. 27 And many in Israel had leprosy in the time of the prophet Elisha, but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian.”

28 When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious. 29 Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff, 30 but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.

Jesus Casts Out a Demon

31 Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day. 32 There, too, the people were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.

33 Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil[g] spirit—cried out, shouting, 34 “Go away! Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

35 But Jesus reprimanded him. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. At that, the demon threw the man to the floor as the crowd watched; then it came out of him without hurting him further.

36 Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!” 37 The news about Jesus spread through every village in the entire region.

Jesus Heals Many People

38 After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon’s home, where he found Simon’s mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. “Please heal her,” everyone begged. 39 Standing at her bedside, he rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and prepared a meal for them.

40 As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were, the touch of his hand healed every one. 41 Many were possessed by demons; and the demons came out at his command, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But because they knew he was the Messiah, he rebuked them and refused to let them speak.

Jesus Continues to Preach

42 Early the next morning Jesus went out to an isolated place. The crowds searched everywhere for him, and when they finally found him, they begged him not to leave them. 43 But he replied, “I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent.” 44 So he continued to travel around, preaching in synagogues throughout Judea.[h]

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Some manuscripts read into the wilderness.
  2. 4:4 Deut 8:3.
  3. 4:8 Deut 6:13.
  4. 4:10-11 Ps 91:11-12.
  5. 4:12 Deut 6:16.
  6. 4:18-19 Or and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Isa 61:1-2 (Greek version); 58:6.
  7. 4:33 Greek unclean; also in 4:36.
  8. 4:44 Some manuscripts read Galilee.

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

For the space of forty days; and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.

And the devil said to him: If thou be the Son of God, say to this stone that it be made bread.

And Jesus answered him: It is written, that Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And the devil led him into a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time;

And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power, and the glory of them; for to me they are delivered, and to whom I will, I give them.

If thou therefore wilt adore before me, all shall be thine.

And Jesus answering said to him: It is written: Thou shalt adore 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 he said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from hence.

10 For it is written, that He hath given his angels charge over thee, that they keep thee.

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

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

13 And all the temptation being ended, the devil departed from him for a time.

14 And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit, into Galilee, and the fame of him went out through the whole country.

15 And he taught in their synagogues, and was magnified by all.

16 And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day; and he rose up to read.

17 And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written:

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,

19 To preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of reward.

20 And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

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

22 And all gave testimony to him: and they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth, and they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?

23 And he said to them: Doubtless you will say to me this similitude: Physician, heal thyself: as great things as we have heard done in Capharnaum, do also here in thy own country.

24 And he said: Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

25 In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.

26 And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman.

27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet: and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

28 And all they in the synagogue, hearing these things, were filled with anger.

29 And they rose up and thrust him out of the city; and they brought him to 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 he went down into Capharnaum, a city of Galilee, and there he taught them on the sabbath days.

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

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

34 Saying: Let us alone, what have we to do with thee, 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 go out of him. And when the devil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him, and hurt him not at all.

36 And there came fear upon all, and they talked among themselves, saying: What word is this, for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they go out?

37 And the fame of him was published into every place of the country.

38 And Jesus rising up out of the synagogue, went into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought him for her.

39 And standing over her, he commanded the fever, and it left her. And immediately rising, she ministered to them.

40 And when the sun was down, all they that had any sick with divers diseases, brought them to him. But he laying his hands on every one of them, healed them.

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

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

43 To whom he said: To other cities also I must preach the kingdom of God: for therefore am I sent.

44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

Tinukso si Jesus(A)

Bumalik mula sa Jordan si Jesus na puspos ng Banal na Espiritu. Dinala siya ng Espiritu sa ilang at doon ay apatnapung araw siyang tinukso ng diyablo. Hindi siya kumain ng anuman sa mga araw na iyon kaya't nagutom siya makalipas ang mga ito. Sinabi sa kanya ng diyablo, “Kung ikaw ang Anak ng Diyos, utusan mo ang mga batong ito na maging tinapay.” Ngunit sinagot siya ni Jesus, “Nasusulat, ‘Hindi lamang sa tinapay nabubuhay ang tao.’ ” Dinala siya ng diyablo sa mataas na lugar at sa isang saglit ay ipinakita sa kanya ang lahat ng kaharian sa sanlibutan. Sinabi sa kanya ng diyablo, “Ibibigay ko sa iyo ang karapatan sa lahat ng ito at ang kaluwalhatian nila sapagkat ipinagkaloob na ito sa akin. Maibibigay ko ito kanino ko man ibigin. Kaya't kung sasambahin mo ako, magiging iyo na ang lahat ng ito.” Sinagot siya ni Jesus, “Nasusulat,

‘Ang Panginoon mong Diyos ang sambahin mo
    at siya lamang ang iyong paglingkuran.’ ”

Dinala siya ng diyablo sa Jerusalem at inilagay sa tuktok ng templo at sinabi sa kanya, “Kung ikaw ang Anak ng Diyos, tumalon kang pababa mula rito; 10 sapagkat nasusulat,

‘Uutusan niya ang kanyang mga anghel na alagaan ka.

11 At aalalayan ka nila,

    nang hindi tumama sa bato ang iyong paa.’ ”

12 Ngunit sumagot sa kanya si Jesus, “Sinasabi rin, ‘Huwag mong subukan ang Panginoon mong Diyos.’ ”

13 At matapos ang lahat ng pagsubok, nilayuan siya ng diyablo at naghintay ito ng ibang pagkakataon.

Ang Pasimula ng Gawain sa Galilea(B)

14 Bumalik si Jesus sa Galilea sa kapangyarihan ng Espiritu at sa buong lupain ay kumalat ang balita tungkol sa kanya. 15 Nagturo siya sa kanilang mga sinagoga taglay ang papuri ng lahat.

Ang Pagtataboy kay Jesus(C)

16 Dumating siya sa Nazareth na kanyang nilakhan. Gaya ng kanyang nakaugalian, pumasok siya sa sinagoga nang araw ng Sabbath at tumindig upang magbasa. 17 Iniabot sa kanya ang aklat ng propetang si Isaias at pagkabukas dito ay natunghayan niya ang dako kung saan nasusulat,

18 “Sumasaakin ang Espiritu ng Panginoon,
    sapagkat hinirang niya ako upang ipangaral ang mabuting balita sa mga dukha.
Isinugo niya ako upang ipahayag sa mga bihag ang paglaya
    at sa mga bulag na sila'y makakita
upang bigyang-laya ang mga inaapi,
19     at ipahayag ang pinapagpalang taon ng Panginoon.”

20 Inirolyo ni Jesus at isinauli ang aklat sa tagapaglingkod, at siya'y naupo. At ang mga mata ng lahat ng sinagoga ay nakatitig sa kanya. 21 Sinimulan niyang sabihin sa kanila, “Sa araw na ito ay natupad ang kasulatang inyong narinig.” 22 Pinuri siya ng lahat at namangha sila sa mapagpalang salita na sinabi niya. Sinabi nila, “Hindi ba ito ang anak ni Jose?” 23 Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Tiyak na sasabihin ninyo sa akin ang talinghagang ito, ‘Manggagamot, pagalingin mo ang iyong sarili. Gawin mo rin dito sa iyong bayang tinubuan ang mga narinig naming nangyari sa Capernaum.’ ” 24 Sinabi niya, “Tandaan ninyo ang sinasabi ko: walang propetang kinikilala sa kanyang bayang tinubuan. 25 Ngunit ang totoo, maraming balong babae sa Israel noong panahon ni Elias, nang tatlong taon at anim na buwang hindi umulan na nagsanhi ng taggutom sa buong lupain. 26 Ngunit hindi isinugo si Elias sa isa man sa kanila kundi sa isang balong babae sa Zarefta sa lupain ng Sidon. 27 Marami rin namang ketongin sa Israel noong panahon ng propetang si Eliseo ngunit walang pinagaling sa kanila maliban kay Naaman na taga-Syria.” 28 Pagkarinig dito, nagngitngit sa galit ang lahat ng nasa sinagoga. 29 Nagtindigan sila at itinaboy siya papalabas ng bayan at dinala siya sa bingit ng burol na kinatatayuan ng kanilang bayan upang ihulog siya roon. 30 Ngunit siya ay dumaan lamang sa kalagitnaan nila at umalis.

Isang Taong may Maruming Espiritu(D)

31 Bumaba siya patungong Capernaum na isang bayan ng Galilea. Doon ay nagturo siya sa kanila sa araw ng Sabbath. 32 Namangha sila sa kanyang pagtuturo sapagkat may kapangyarihan ang kanyang mga sinasabi. 33 May isang lalaki sa sinagoga na sinasaniban ng espiritu ng karumal-dumal na demonyo. Sumigaw ito nang malakas, 34 “Ah! Jesus na taga-Nazareth, ano'ng pakialam mo sa amin? Naparito ka ba upang puksain kami? Alam ko kung sino ka—ang Banal ng Diyos.” 35 Subalit sinaway siya ni Jesus na nagsabing, “Tumahimik ka at lumabas ka sa kanya.” At ang lalaki'y inilugmok ng demonyo sa harapan ng lahat at lumabas ito sa kanya na hindi sinaktan. 36 At namangha silang lahat at sinabi sa isa't isa, “Pambihirang katuruan ito! Sapagkat inuutusan niya ng may awtoridad at kapangyarihan ang maruruming espiritu at sila ay lumalabas.” 37 Kaya't kumalat ang balita tungkol sa kanya sa lahat ng dako ng lupain.

Pinagaling ni Jesus ang Maraming Tao(E)

38 Nilisan ni Jesus ang sinagoga at pumasok sa bahay ni Simon. Noon ay inaapoy sa lagnat ang biyenang babae ni Simon at nakiusap sila kay Jesus para sa kanya. 39 At tumayo si Jesus sa tabi nito, pinatigil niya ang lagnat at nawala nga ito. Kaya't pagtayo ng babae, agad itong naglingkod sa kanila. 40 Nang palubog na ang araw, dinala sa kanya ng lahat ang kani-kanilang may mga sari-saring karamdaman. At pagkapatong ng kanyang mga kamay sa bawat isa ay pinagaling sila. 41 Sa marami ay lumayas din ang mga demonyo na pasigaw na nagsasabing, “Ikaw ang Anak ng Diyos.” Ngunit sinaway niya ang mga ito at pinagbawalang magsalita sapagkat kilala nila na siya ang Cristo.

Nangaral si Jesus sa mga Sinagoga(F)

42 Kinaumagahan, nagtungo si Jesus sa ilang na pook. Hinanap siya ng mga tao. Lumapit sila sa kanya at pinipigilan siyang lumayo sa kanila. 43 Kaya't sinabi niya sa kanila, “Kailangan ko ring ipangaral sa ibang bayan ang mabuting balita tungkol sa paghahari ng Diyos sapagkat isinugo ako para rito.” 44 At siya ay nangaral sa mga sinagoga ng Judea.

Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,(B) left the Jordan(C) and was led by the Spirit(D) into the wilderness, where for forty days(E) he was tempted[a] by the devil.(F) He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God,(G) tell this stone to become bread.”

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’[b](H)

The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.(I) And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me,(J) and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.”

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’[c](K)

The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written:

“‘He will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you carefully;
11 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[d](L)

12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[e](M)

13 When the devil had finished all this tempting,(N) he left him(O) until an opportune time.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

14 Jesus returned to Galilee(P) in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.(Q) 15 He was teaching in their synagogues,(R) and everyone praised him.

16 He went to Nazareth,(S) where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue,(T) as was his custom. He stood up to read,(U) 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,(V)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news(W) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19     to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[f](X)

20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.(Y) The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled(Z) in your hearing.”

22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.(AA)

23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown(AB) what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”(AC)

24 “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.(AD) 25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.(AE) 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.(AF) 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy[g] in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”(AG)

28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town,(AH) and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. 30 But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.(AI)

Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit(AJ)

31 Then he went down to Capernaum,(AK) a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. 32 They were amazed at his teaching,(AL) because his words had authority.(AM)

33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, 34 “Go away! What do you want with us,(AN) Jesus of Nazareth?(AO) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are(AP)—the Holy One of God!”(AQ)

35 “Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly.(AR) “Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.

36 All the people were amazed(AS) and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority(AT) and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!” 37 And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.(AU)

Jesus Heals Many(AV)(AW)

38 Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. 39 So he bent over her and rebuked(AX) the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.

40 At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one,(AY) he healed them.(AZ) 41 Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!”(BA) But he rebuked(BB) them and would not allow them to speak,(BC) because they knew he was the Messiah.

42 At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. 43 But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God(BD) to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” 44 And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.(BE)

Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:2 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.
  2. Luke 4:4 Deut. 8:3
  3. Luke 4:8 Deut. 6:13
  4. Luke 4:11 Psalm 91:11,12
  5. Luke 4:12 Deut. 6:16
  6. Luke 4:19 Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6
  7. Luke 4:27 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.