Bible Time

¹NOW Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and the Spirit carried him away into the wilderness ²40 days, in order that he might be tempted by the adversary. And he did not eat anything in those days; and when they were over, at last he became hungry. ³And the adversary said to him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread. ⁴Jesus answered, saying to him, It is written, It is not by bread alone that man can live, but by every word of God. ⁵Then Satan took him up to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the earth in a short time. ⁶And the adversary said to him, I will give you all this power and its glory, which are entrusted to me and I give it to whom I please; ⁷If therefore you worship me, it will all be yours. ⁸Jesus answered, saying to him, It is written, You will worship the Lord your God, and him only you will serve. ⁹And he brought him to Jerusalem and made him to stand up on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here; ¹⁰For it is written, He will command his angels concerning you, to keep watch over you; ¹¹And they will take you up in their arms, so that even your foot may not strike a stone. ¹²Jesus answered, saying to him, It is said, You will not tempt the Lord your God. ¹³When the adversary was through with all his temptations, he left him awhile.

¹⁴So Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and his fame went out through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵And he taught in their synagogues, and was praised by every man. ¹⁶And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he entered the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was the custom, and stood up to read. ¹⁷And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it is written, ¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is on me; because of this he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; and he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, and to proclaim release to the captives and sight to the blind; to strengthen with forgiveness those who are bruised ¹⁹And to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. ²⁰And he rolled up the scroll and gave it to the attendant, and went and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹And he began to say to them, Today this scripture is fulfilled in your ears. ²²And all testified about him, and were amazed by the words of grace which came out of his mouth. And they said, Is this man not the son of Joseph? ²³Jesus said to them, You might probably tell me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself; and all that we heard you did in Capernaum, also do here in your own city. ²⁴Then he said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is acceptable in his own city. ²⁵For truly I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of the prophet Elijah when heaven was closed for 3 years and 6 months and there was a great famine throughout the land; ²⁶Yet Elijah was not sent to one of them, but to Zarephath of Sidon, to a widow. ²⁷And there were many lepers in Israel in the days of the prophet Elisha, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Aramean. ²⁸When those who were in the synagogue heard these things, they were all filled with anger. ²⁹And they rose up and took him outside the city, and brought him to the brow of the mountain on which their city was built, that they might throw him down from a cliff. ³⁰But he passed through the middle of them and went away.

³¹And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and he taught them on the sabbaths. ³²And they were astonished at his teaching; because his word had power. ³³And there was in the synagogue a man who had an unclean, demonic spirit, and he cried in a loud voice, ³⁴Saying, Let me alone; what have we in common, oh Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, Holy One of God. ³⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Keep quiet, and come out of him. Then the demon threw him in the middle, and went out of him, and harmed him no more. ³⁶And every man was seized with amazement, and the people spoke among themselves, saying, What kind of word is this that he commands unclean spirits with authority and power, and they go out. ³⁷And the fame about him went out through all the country around them.

³⁸And when Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was suffering with a severe fever; and they begged him for her. ³⁹And he stood by her and rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she rose up immediately and ministered to them. ⁴⁰When the sun was setting, all who had sick people suffering from various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hand on each one of them and healed them. ⁴¹Demons also came out of many, who cried out saying, You are the Messiah, the Son of God. And he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak; that people might not know that he was the Messiah. ⁴²And in the morning, he came out and went to a desert place; and the people were looking for him, and came where he was; and they held him so that he might not leave them. ⁴³But Jesus said to them, I must also preach the kingdom of God in other cities, because I was sent for this. ⁴⁴And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.