Luk 4 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now Jesus , full of the Holy Spirit , returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness

1 ^aNow Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, ^breturned from the Jordan and was led around ^{▼▼Or under the influence of; lit in}by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for ^dforty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was 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: ‘ ^eMan shall not live on bread alone.’”

5 ^fAnd he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of ^{▼▼Lit the inhabited earth
,} ^hthe world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this domain and ^{▼▼Lit their (referring to the kingdoms in v 5)}its glory, ^jfor it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I want. 7 Therefore if You ^{▼▼Or bow down before}worship before me, it shall all be Yours.” 8 Jesus replied to him, “It is written: ‘ ^lYou shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

9 ^mAnd he brought Him into 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:

‘ ⁿHe will give His angels orders concerning You, to protect You,’
11 and,

‘ ^oOn their hands they will lift You up,
So that You do not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
12 And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been stated, ‘ ^pYou shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

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

Jesus’ Public Ministry

14 And ^qJesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and ^rnews about Him spread through all the surrounding region. 15 And He began ^steaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.

16 And He came to ^tNazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, ^uHe entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and ^vstood up to read. 17 And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

18 “ ^wThe Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,
19 ^xTo proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”
20 And He ^yrolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and ^zsat down; and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently directed at Him. 21 Now He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ^{▼▼Lit ears}hearing.” 22 And all the people were ^{▼▼Or testifying}speaking well of Him, and admiring the ^{▼▼Lit words of grace}gracious words which were coming from His ^{▼▼Lit mouth}lips; and yet they were saying, “ ^aeIs this not Joseph’s son?” 23 And He said to them, “No doubt you will ^{▼▼Lit tell me this}quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! All the miracles that we heard were done ^agin Capernaum, do here in ^ahyour hometown as well.’” 24 But He said, “Truly I say to you, ^aino prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25 But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel ^ajin the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a ^{▼▼Lit great}severe famine came over all the land; 26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to ^{▼▼Gr Sarepta
,} ^amZarephath, in the land of ^anSidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was ^{▼▼I.e., healed}cleansed, but only ^apNaaman 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 ^aqdrove Him out of the city, and brought Him to the ^{▼▼Lit brow}crest of the hill on which their city had been built, so that they could throw Him down from the cliff. 30 But He ^aspassed through their midst and went on His way.

31 And ^atHe came down to ^auCapernaum, a city of Galilee; and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; 32 and ^avthey were amazed at His teaching, because ^awHis ^{▼▼Lit word}message was delivered with authority. 33 In the synagogue there was a man ^{▼▼Lit having a spirit}possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Leave us alone! ^{▼▼Lit What to us and to you (an ancient idiom)
,} ^baWhat business do You have with us, Jesus ^{▼▼Lit the Nazarene}of ^bcNazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are-- ^bdthe Holy One of God!” 35 But Jesus ^berebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, it 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 ^{▼▼Or this word, that with authority...come out?}this message? For ^bgwith authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 37 And ^bhthe news about Him was spreading into every locality of the surrounding region.

Many Are Healed

38 ^biThen He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ^bjsuffering from a high fever, and they asked Him ^{▼▼Lit about her}to help her. 39 And standing over her, He ^blrebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and served them.

40 ^bmNow while ^bnthe sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He was ^bolaying His hands on each one of them and ^bphealing them. 41 Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are ^bqthe Son of God!” And yet He was ^brrebuking them and would ^bsnot allow them to speak, because they knew that He was the ^{▼▼I.e., Messiah}Christ.

42 ^buNow when day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and they came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them. 43 But He said to them, “I must also preach the kingdom of God to the other cities, ^bvbecause I was sent for this purpose.”

44 So He kept on preaching in the synagogues ^bwof ^{▼▼I.e., the country of the Jews (including Galilee)}Judea.