1 J esus was full of the Holy Spirit when He returned from the Jordan River. Then He was led by the Holy Spirit to a desert.

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

2 H e was tempted by the devil for forty days and He ate nothing during that time. After that He was hungry.

for forty days and was tempted of the devil. And in those days he ate nothing; and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

3 T he devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to be made into bread.”

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

4 J esus said to him, “It is written, ‘Man is not to live by bread alone.’”

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

5 T he devil took Jesus up on a high mountain. He had Jesus look at all the nations of the world at one time.

And the devil took him up into a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the sphere of the world in a moment of time.

6 T he devil said to Jesus, “I will give You all this power and greatness. It has been given to me. I can give it to anyone I want to.

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

7 I f You will worship me, all this will be Yours.”

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

8 J esus said to the devil, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. You must obey Him only.’”

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.

9 T hen the devil took Jesus up to Jerusalem. He had Jesus stand on the highest part of the house of God. The devil said to Jesus, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

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

10 F or it is written, ‘He has told His angels to care for You and to keep You.

for it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee,

11 I n their hands they will hold You up. Then Your foot will not hit against a stone.’”

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

12 J esus said to the devil, “It is written, ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’”

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

13 W hen the devil finished tempting Jesus in every way, he went away from Jesus for awhile. Jesus Preaches in Galilee

And having finished all temptation, the devil departed from him for a season.

14 J esus went back to Galilee in the power of the Holy Spirit. People talked about Him so much that He was well-known through all the country.

¶ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and his fame went out through all the region round about.

15 J esus taught in their places of worship and was honored by all people. In Nazareth They Do Not Believe in Jesus

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

16 J esus came to Nazareth where He had grown up. As He had done before, He went into the Jewish place of worship on the Day of Rest. Then He stood up to read.

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 to read.

17 S omeone handed Him the book of the early preacher Isaiah. He opened it and found the place where it was written,

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

18 “ The Spirit of the Lord is on Me. He has put His hand on Me to preach the Good News to poor people. He has sent Me to heal those with a sad heart. He has sent Me to tell those who are being held that they can go free. He has sent Me to make the blind to see and to free those who are held because of trouble.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those that are broken,

19 H e sent Me to tell of the time when men can receive favor with the Lord.”

to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

20 J esus closed the book. Then He gave it back to the leader and sat down. All those in the Jewish place of worship kept their eyes on Him.

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

21 T hen He began to say to them, “The Holy Writings you have just heard have been completed today.”

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

22 T hey all spoke well of Jesus and agreed with the words He spoke. They said, “Is not this the son of Joseph?”

And all bore him witness and marvelled at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?

23 H e said to them, “I wonder if you will tell this old saying to Me, ‘Doctor, heal Yourself. What You did in the city of Capernaum, do in Your own country!’”

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

24 H e said, “A man who speaks for God is not respected in his own country.

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

25 I t is true that there were many women whose husbands had died in the Jewish land when Elijah lived. For three and a half years there was no rain and there was very little food in the land.

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

26 E lijah was sent to none of them, but he was sent to a woman in the city of Zarephath in the land of Sidon. This woman’s husband had died.

but unto none of them was Elijah sent, except unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a widow woman.

27 T here were many people in the Jewish land who had a bad skin disease when the early preacher Elisha lived. None of them was healed. But Naaman from the country of Syria was healed.”

And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.

28 A ll those in the Jewish place of worship were angry when they heard His words.

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

29 T hey got up and took Jesus out of town to the top of a high hill. They wanted to throw Him over the side.

and rose up and thrust him out of the city and led him unto the brow of the hill upon which their city was built that they might cast him down headlong.

30 B ut Jesus got away from among them and went on His way. Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon

But he, passing through the midst of them, went away.

31 J esus went down to Capernaum in Galilee. He taught them on the Days of Rest.

¶ And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

32 T he people were surprised and wondered about His teaching. His words had power.

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

33 A man in the Jewish place of worship had a demon. He cried with a loud voice,

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

34 “ What do You want of us, Jesus of Nazareth? I know Who You are. You are the Holy One of God.”

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 J esus spoke sharp words to the demon and said, “Do not talk! Come out of him!” When the demon had thrown the man down, he came out without hurting the man.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent and come out of him. And the demon, throwing him down in the midst, came out of him and hurt him not.

36 T he people were all surprised. They asked each other, “What kind of word is this? He speaks to the demons with power and they come out!”

And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, What word is this! For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

37 T he news about Jesus went through all the country. Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed

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

38 J esus went away from the Jewish place of worship and went into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed, very sick. They asked Jesus to help her.

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 H e stood by her and told the disease to leave. It went from her. At once she got up and cared for them. Jesus Heals in Galilee

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

40 A s the sun went down, the people took all that were sick with many kinds of diseases to Jesus. He put His hands on all of them and they were healed.

Now when the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with diverse diseases brought them unto him, and laying his hands on each one of them, he healed them.

41 A lso demons came out of many people. The demons cried out and said, “You are Christ, the Son of God.” Jesus spoke strong words to them and would not let them speak. They knew He was the Christ. Jesus Keeps On Preaching in Galilee

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

42 I n the morning He went out to a desert. The people looked for Him. When they found Him, they were trying to keep Him from going away from them.

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 H e said to them, “I must preach about the holy nation of God in other cities also. This is why I was sent.”

And he said unto them, I must announce the gospel of the kingdom of God to other cities also because for this am I sent.

44 A nd He kept on preaching in the Jewish places of worship in Galilee.

And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.