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1Then Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

1Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

2where he was being tempted by the devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.

2where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.

3The devil told him, "Since you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."

3Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

4Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

4But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’ ”

5The devil also took him to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant.

5Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

6He told Jesus, "I will give you all this authority, along with their glory, because it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please.

6“I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please.

7So if you will worship me, all this will be yours."

7I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”

8But Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

8Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the LORD your God and serve only him.’ ”

9The devil also took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the Temple. He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

9Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off!

10because it is written, 'God will put his angels in charge of you to watch over you carefully.

10For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you.

11With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

11And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’ ”

12Jesus answered him, "It has been said, 'You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"

12Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the LORD your God.’ ”

13After the devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, he left him until another time.

13When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came. Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

14Then Jesus returned to Galilee by the power of the Spirit. Meanwhile, the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.

14Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region.

15He began to teach in their synagogues and was continuously receiving praise from everyone.

15He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.

16Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been raised. As was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. When he stood up to read,

16When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures.

17the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

17The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:

18"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

18 “The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free,

19and to announce the year of the Lord's favor."

19 and that the time of the LORD ’s favor has come. ”

20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. While the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him,

20He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently.

21he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled, as you've heard it read aloud."

21Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

22All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, "This is Joseph's son, isn't it?"

22Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

23So he told them, "You will probably quote this proverb to me, 'Doctor, heal yourself! Do everything here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.'"

23Then he said, “You will undoubtedly quote me this proverb: ‘Physician, heal yourself’—meaning, ‘Do miracles here in your hometown like those you did in Capernaum.’

24He added, "I tell all of you with certainty, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.

24 But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.

25I'm telling you the truth—there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when it didn't rain for three years and six months and there was a severe famine everywhere in the land.

25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.

26Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of those widows except to one at Zarephath in Sidon.

26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.

27There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."

27 And many in Israel had leprosy in the time of the prophet Elisha, but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian.”

28All the people in the synagogue became furious when they heard this.

28When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious.

29They got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their city was built, intending to throw him off.

29Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,

30But he walked right through the middle of them and went away.

30but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way. Jesus Casts Out a Demon

31Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and began teaching the people on Sabbath days.

31Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day.

32They were utterly amazed at what he taught, because his message was spoken with authority.

32There, too, the people were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.

33In the synagogue was a man who had a demon. He screamed with a loud voice,

33Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil spirit—cried out, shouting,

34"Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!"

34“Go away! Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

35But Jesus rebuked him. "Be quiet," he said, "and come out of him!" At this, the demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out of him without hurting him.

35But Jesus reprimanded him. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. At that, the demon threw the man to the floor as the crowd watched; then it came out of him without hurting him further.

36Overwhelmed with amazement, they all kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this?—because with authority and power he gives orders to unclean spirits, and they come out!"

36Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!”

37So news about him spread to every place in the surrounding region.

37The news about Jesus spread through every village in the entire region. Jesus Heals Many People

38Then Jesus got up to leave the synagogue and went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, so they asked Jesus about her.

38After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon’s home, where he found Simon’s mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. “Please heal her,” everyone begged.

39He bent over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began serving them.

39Standing at her bedside, he rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and prepared a meal for them.

40When the sun was setting, everyone who had any friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and began healing them.

40As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were, the touch of his hand healed every one.

41Even demons came out of many people, screaming, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.

41Many were possessed by demons; and the demons came out at his command, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But because they knew he was the Messiah, he rebuked them and refused to let them speak. Jesus Continues to Preach

42At daybreak he left and went to a deserted place, while the crowds kept looking for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

42Early the next morning Jesus went out to an isolated place. The crowds searched everywhere for him, and when they finally found him, they begged him not to leave them.

43But he told them, "I have to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God in other cities, because I was sent to do that also."

43But he replied, “I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent.”

44So he continued to preach in the synagogues of Galilee.

44So he continued to travel around, preaching in synagogues throughout Judea.

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