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Luke 4 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:1 - And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:3 - The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:4 - And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:5 - And the devil took him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:6 - and said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:7 - If you, then, will worship me, it shall all be yours."
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 - And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:9 - And he took him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:10 - for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge of you, to guard you,'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:11 - and 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:12 - And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:13 - And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

Jesus' Public Ministry

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:14 - And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the surrounding country.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:15 - And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:16 - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he went to the synagogue, as his custom was, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:17 - and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - "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 proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:19 - to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:20 - And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 - And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:22 - And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - And he said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at Caper'na-um, do here also in your own country.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:24 - And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Eli'jah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:26 - and Eli'jah was sent to none of them but only to Zar'ephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:27 - And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Eli'sha; and none of them was cleansed, but only Na'aman the Syrian."
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:28 - When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:30 - But passing through the midst of them he went away.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:31 - And he went down to Caper'na-um, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:32 - and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:33 - And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:34 - "Ah! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God."
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:35 - But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:36 - And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out."
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:37 - And reports of him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Many Are Healed

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:38 - And he arose and left the synagogue, and entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they besought him for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39 - And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she rose and served them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:40 - Now 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:41 - And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 - And when it was day he departed and went into a lonely place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:43 - but he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose."
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:44 - And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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