Scripture 21
Luke 4
(2/1/06
to 2/21/06)
1 Then Jesus, being filled with
the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness, 2 being
tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and
afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.
3 And the devil said to Him, “If You
are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4 But Jesus answered him, saying,
“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
of God.’”
5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a
high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said to Him, “All
this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been
delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
7 Therefore, if You will worship
before me, all will be Yours.”
8 And Jesus answered and said to
him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship
the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”
9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem,
set Him 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:
‘ He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you,’
11 and,
‘ In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”
12 And Jesus answered and said to
him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’”
13 Now when the devil had ended
every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.
14 Then Jesus returned in the power
of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding
region. 15 And He taught in their
synagogues, being glorified by all.
16 So 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
And He was handed 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 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 who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the
acceptable year of the LORD.”
20 Then He closed the book, and
gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were
in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21
And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your
hearing.” 22 So all bore witness to
Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And
they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”
23 He said to them, “You will surely
say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done
in Capernaum, do also here in Your country.’”
24 Then He said, “Assuredly, I say
to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.
25 But I tell you truly, many widows
were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years
and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;
26 but to none of them was Elijah
sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman
who was a widow. 27 And many
lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was
cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
28 So all those in the synagogue,
when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
29 and rose up and thrust Him out of
the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was
built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff.
30 Then passing through the midst of
them, He went His way.
31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a
city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths.
32 And they were astonished at His
teaching, for His word was with authority.
33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean
demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,
34 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of
Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying,
“Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their
midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.
36 Then they were all amazed and
spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority
and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.”
37 And the report about Him went out
into every place in the surrounding region.
38 Now He arose from the synagogue
and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s wife’s mother was sick with a high fever,
and they made request of Him concerning her.
39 So He stood over her and rebuked
the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.
40 When the sun was setting, all
those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and
He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them.
41 And demons also came out of many,
crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He
was the Christ.
42 Now when it was day, He departed
and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and
tried to keep Him from leaving them; 43
but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also,
because for this purpose I have been sent.”
44 And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
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