4:1  Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and the Spirit led Him around in the wilderness

4:2  for forty days, receiving temptation by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.

4:3  And the devil said to Him, "If You consider Yourself the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."

4:4  And Jesus answered him, "The scriptures state, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.'"

4:5  And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

4:6  And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; for I have received it, and I give it to whomever I wish.

4:7  "Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all belong to You."

4:8  Jesus answered him, "The scriptures state, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"

4:9  And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You consider Yourself the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;

4:10  for the scriptures state, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU,'

4:11  and, 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"

4:12  And Jesus answered and said to him, "The scriptures state, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

4:13  When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

4:14  And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district.

4:15  And He began teaching in their synagogues and received praise from all.

4:16  And He came to Nazareth, where He had grown up; and as He customarily had done, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

4:17  And the authorities handed the book of the prophet Isaiah to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where the scriptures stated,

4:18  "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD HAS COME UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO PEOPLE HAVE OPPRESSED,

4:19  TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD."

4:20  And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue fixed on Him.

4:21  And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has become fulfilled in your hearing."

4:22  And all spoke well of Him, and wondered at the gracious words which fell from His lips; and they said, "Do we not recognize Him as Joseph's son?"

4:23  And He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard became accomplished at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.'"

4:24  And He said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet receives welcome in his hometown.

4:25  "But I say to you in truth, many widows lived in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky had closed up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

4:26  and yet God sent Elijah to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who had become a widow.

4:27  "And there lived many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them received cleansing, but only Naaman the Syrian."

4:28  And all the people in the synagogue filled with rage as they heard these things;

4:29  and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had its foundation, in order to throw Him down the cliff.

4:30  But passing through their midst, He went His way.

4:31  And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He taught them on the Sabbath;

4:32  and they felt amazed at His teaching, for His message He delivered with authority.

4:33  In the synagogue there came a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

4:34  "Let us alone! What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I acknowledge You as the Holy One of God!"

4:35  But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Keep quiet and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

4:36  And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, "What does this message consist of? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out."

4:37  And the report about Him spread into every locality in the surrounding district.

4:38  Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon's home. Now Simon's mother-in-law suffered from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her.

4:39  And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and waited on them.

4:40  While the sun had set, all those who had any infirmities with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He healed them.

4:41  Demons also came out of many, shouting, "We acknowledge You as the Son of God!" But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him as the Christ.

4:42  When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds searched for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them.

4:43  But He said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for God sent me for this purpose."

4:44  So He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.