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And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But Jesus answered him, saying, <span class="woj">“It is written,</span> <span class="woj">‘Man shall not live by bread alone,</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span><span class="woj">but by every word of God.’</span> <span class="woj">”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for <i>this</i> has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Jesus answered and said to him, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span><span class="woj">“Get behind Me, Satan!</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span><span class="woj">For it is written,</span> <span class="woj">‘You shall worship the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> your God, and Him only you shall serve.’</span> <span class="woj">”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For it is written:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Luke-4-10"><span class="oblique">‘He shall give His angels charge over you,</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-4-10"><span class="oblique">To keep you,’</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and,</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Luke-4-11"><span class="oblique">‘In</span> <i>their</i> <span class="oblique">hands they shall bear you up,</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-4-11"><span class="oblique">Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’</span> ”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Jesus answered and said to him, <span class="woj">“It has been said,</span> <span class="woj">‘You shall not</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span><span class="woj">tempt the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> your God.’</span> <span class="woj">”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now when the devil had ended every <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.</span></p> <h3> Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-4-14"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.</span></p> <h3> Jesus Rejected at Nazareth</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-4-16"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woj">“The</span> <span class="woj">Spirit of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> upon Me,</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-4-18"><span class="woj">Because He has anointed Me</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-4-18"><span class="woj">To preach the gospel to <i>the</i> poor;</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-4-18"><span class="woj">He has sent Me</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span><span class="woj">to heal the brokenhearted,</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-4-18"><span class="woj">To proclaim liberty to <i>the</i> captives</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-4-18"><span class="woj">And recovery of sight to <i>the</i> blind,</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-4-18"><span class="woj"><i>To</i></span> <span class="woj">set at liberty those who are</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span><span class="woj">oppressed;</span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="woj">To proclaim the acceptable year of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.”</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then He closed the book, and gave <i>it</i> back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And He began to say to them, <span class="woj">“Today this Scripture is</span> <span class="woj">fulfilled in your hearing.”</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He said to them, <span class="woj">“You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in</span> <span class="woj">Capernaum,</span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span> <span class="woj">do also here in</span> <span class="woj">Your country.’ ”</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then He said, <span class="woj">“Assuredly, I say to you, no</span> <span class="woj">prophet is accepted in his own country.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="woj">But I tell you truly,</span> <span class="woj">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;</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="woj">but to none of them was Elijah sent except to</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[l]</a></span><span class="woj">Zarephath, <i>in the region</i> of Sidon, to a woman <i>who was</i> a widow.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="woj">And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[m]</a></span>wrath, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.</span></p> <h3> Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-4-31"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>saying, “Let <i>us</i> 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!”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>But Jesus rebuked him, saying, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[n]</a></span><span class="woj">“Be quiet, and come out of him!”</span> And when the demon had thrown him in <i>their</i> midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this <i>is!</i> For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.</span></p> <h3> Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-4-38"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s wife’s mother was <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[o]</a></span>sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.</span></p> <h3> Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-4-40"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>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. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[p]</a></span>the Christ, the Son of God!”</span></p><p><span class="text Luke-4-41">And He, rebuking <i>them,</i> did not allow them to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[q]</a></span>speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.</span></p> <h3> Jesus Preaches in Galilee</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-4-42"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>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; </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>but He said to them, <span class="woj">“I must</span> <span class="woj">preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/4-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>And He was preaching in the synagogues of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[r]</a></span>Galilee.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-25065a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:1">Luke 4:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>in</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25066b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:2">Luke 4:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>tested</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25068c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:4">Luke 4:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>but by every word of God</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25069d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:5">Luke 4:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>And taking Him up, he showed Him</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25072e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:8">Luke 4:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>Get behind Me, Satan</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25072f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:8">Luke 4:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU, M omit <i>For</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25076g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:12">Luke 4:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>test</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25077h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:13">Luke 4:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>testing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25082i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:18">Luke 4:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>to heal the brokenhearted</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25082j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:18">Luke 4:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>downtrodden</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25087k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:23">Luke 4:23</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>Capharnaum,</i> here and elsewhere</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25090l"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:26">Luke 4:26</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Gr. <i>Sarepta</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25092m"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:28">Luke 4:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>rage</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25099n"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:35">Luke 4:35</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Be muzzled</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25102o"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:38">Luke 4:38</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>afflicted with</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25105p"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:41">Luke 4:41</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>the Christ</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25105q"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:41">Luke 4:41</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>say that they knew</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25108r"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 4:44">Luke 4:44</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>Judea</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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