1And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost
returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness,
2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And
in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were
ended, he afterward hungered.
3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the
Son of God, command this stone that it be made
bread.
4And Jesus answered him, saying, It
is written, That man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word of God.
5And the devil, taking him up into an high
mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time.
6And the devil said unto him, All this power
will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is
delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give
it.
7If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall
be thine.
8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get
thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou
serve.
9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him
on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If
thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from
hence:
10For it is written, He shall give his angels
charge over thee, to keep thee:
11And in their hands
they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash
thy foot against a stone.
12And Jesus answering said unto him, It
is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
13And when the devil had ended all the
temptation, he departed from him for a season.
14And Jesus returned in the power of the
Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of
him through all the region round about.
15And he taught in their synagogues, being
glorified of all.
16And 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 for to
read.
17And there was delivered unto him the book
of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the
book, he found the place where it was written,
18The
Spirit of the Lord is upon
me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty them that are bruised,
19To
preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20And he closed the book, and he gave it again
to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all
them that were in the synagogue were fastened on
him.
21And he began to say unto them, This
day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22And all bare him witness, and wondered at
the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.
And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
23And he said unto them, Ye
will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician,
heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in
Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
24And he said, Verily
I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own
country.
25But
I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in
the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three
years and six months, when great famine was
throughout all the land;
26But
unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a
city of Sidon, unto a woman that
was a widow.
27And
many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus
the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving
Naaman the Syrian.
28And all they in the synagogue, when they
heard these things, were filled with wrath,
29And rose up, and thrust him out of the
city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon
their city was built, that they might cast him down
headlong.
30But he passing through the midst of them
went his way,
31And came down to Capernaum, a city of
Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
32And they were astonished at his doctrine:
for his word was with power.
33And in the synagogue there was a man, which
had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with
a loud voice,
34Saying, Let us alone;
what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus
of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know
thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold
thy peace, and come out of him. And when the
devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of
him, and hurt him not.
36And they were all amazed, and spake among
themselves, saying, What a word is this!
for with authority and power he commandeth the
unclean spirits, and they come out.
37And the fame of him went out into every
place of the country round about.
38And he arose out of the synagogue, and
entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's
mother was taken with a great fever; and they
besought him for her.
39And he stood over her, and rebuked the
fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose
and ministered unto them.
40Now when the sun was setting, all they that
had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto
him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and
healed them.
41And devils also came out of many, crying
out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And
he rebuking them suffered
them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
42And when it was day, he departed and went
into a desert place: and the people sought him, and
came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not
depart from them.
43And he said unto them, I
must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also:
for therefore am I sent.
44And he preached in the synagogues of
Galilee.
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