Luke 4:1-17 ▼

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was being led in the Spirit in the wilderness

2 forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And He ate nothing in those days; and, when they were completed, He hungered.

3 And the Devil said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, command this stone, that it become bread."

4 And Jesus made answer to him, "It has been written, 'Not on bread alone shall man live.'"

5 And, leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time.

6 And the Devil said to Him, "To Thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them; because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

7 If Thou, therefore, wilt worship before me, it shall all be Thine."

8 And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

9 And he led Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, cast Thyself down hence;

10 for it has been written, 'He will command His angels concerning you, to keep watch over you;

11 and on their hands they shall bear you up, lest haply you dash your foot against a stone.'"

12 And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

13 And, having completed every temptation, the Devil departed from Him until a fitting season.

14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and a report went out concerning Him through all the region round about.

15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

16 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and He went, according to His custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.

17 And there was given to Him a book of the prophet Isaiah; and, opening the book, He found the place where it had been written,