Luke 4:1-21 ▼

1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. When they were completed, he was hungry.

3 The devil said to him, |If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.|

4 Jesus answered him, saying, |It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'|

5 And leading him up to a high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

6 The devil said to him, |I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

7 If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.|

8 Jesus answered and said to him, |It is written, 'You are to worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'|

9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, |If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

10 for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;'

11 and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'|

12 And Jesus, answering, said to him, |It is said, 'Do not test the Lord, your God.'|

13 When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.

15 He taught in their synagogues, being praised by all.

16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, and unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

18 |The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

19 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.|

20 He closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21 He began to tell them, |Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.|