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12 Jesus said to him in reply, “It also says, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”(A) 13 [a]When the devil had finished every temptation,(B) he departed from him for a time.

IV. The Ministry in Galilee

The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry. 14 (C)Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread[b] throughout the whole region.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:13 For a time: the devil’s opportune time will occur before the passion and death of Jesus (Lk 22:3, 31–32, 53).
  2. 4:14 News of him spread: a Lucan theme; see Lk 4:37; 5:15; 7:17.