Luke 4 - English Standard Version (ESV)

The Temptation of Jesus

4 (A)And Jesus, (B)full of the Holy Spirit, (C)returned from the Jordan and was led (D)by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for (E)forty days, (F)being tempted by the devil. (G)And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, (H)he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are (I)the Son of God, command (J)this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, (K)“It is written, (L)‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” 5 (M)And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you (N)I will give all this authority and their glory, (O)for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 And Jesus answered him, (P)“It is written,

(Q)“‘You shall worship the Lord your God,
and (R)him only shall you serve.’”

9 (S)And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are (T)the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written,

(U)“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
to guard you,’

11 and

(V)“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”

12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, (W)‘You shall not (X)put the Lord your God to the test.’” 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him (Y)until an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 (Z)And Jesus returned (AA)in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and (AB)a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And (AC)he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 (AD)And he came to (AE)Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And (AF)as was his custom, (AG)he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up (AH)to read. 17 And (AI)the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

18 (AJ)“The Spirit of the Lord (AK)is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to (AL)proclaim good news to the poor.
(AM)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and (AN)recovering of sight to the blind,
(AO)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 (AP)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and (AQ)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were (AR)fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today (AS)this Scripture (AT)has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at (AU)the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, (AV)“Is not this (AW)Joseph's son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, (AX)‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did (AY)at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, (AZ)no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when (BA)the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them (BB)but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And (BC)there were many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, (BD)but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and (BE)drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But (BF)passing through their midst, he went away.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

31 (BG)And he (BH)went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And (BI)he was teaching them (BJ)on the Sabbath, 32 and (BK)they were astonished at his teaching, (BL)for his word possessed authority. 33 And (BM)in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Ha![b] (BN)What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? (BO)I know who you are—(BP)the Holy One of God.” 35 But Jesus (BQ)rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. 36 And (BR)they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? (BS)For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 37 And (BT)reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Jesus Heals Many

38 (BU)And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now (BV)Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. 39 And he stood over her and (BW)rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and (BX)he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. 41 (BY)And demons also came out of many, (BZ)crying, “You are (CA)the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and (CB)would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was (CC)the Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

42 (CD)And when it was day, he departed and went (CE)into a desolate place. And (CF)the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, 43 but he said to them, (CG)“I must (CH)preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” 44 And he was preaching (CI)in the synagogues of Judea.[c]

Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:27 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
  2. Luke 4:34 Or Leave us alone
  3. Luke 4:44 Some manuscripts Galilee

Cross references

  1. Luke 4:1 : For ver. 1-13, see Matt. 4:1-11; Mark 1:12, 13
  2. Luke 4:1 : ver. 18; ch. 3:22; John 1:33; 3:34; Acts 10:38; [ch. 1:15; Acts 6:5]
  3. Luke 4:1 : ch. 3:3, 21
  4. Luke 4:1 : ver. 14
  5. Luke 4:2 : [Deut. 9:9, 18; 1 Kgs. 19:8]
  6. Luke 4:2 : [Heb. 2:18; 4:15]
  7. Luke 4:2 : [Deut. 9:9, 18; 1 Kgs. 19:8]
  8. Luke 4:2 : [John 4:6, 7]
  9. Luke 4:3 : See Matt. 14:33
  10. Luke 4:3 : [ch. 3:8]
  11. Luke 4:4 : ver. 8, 10; Eph. 6:17
  12. Luke 4:4 : Cited from Deut. 8:3; [John 4:34]
  13. Luke 4:5 : Matt. 4:8
  14. Luke 4:6 : Rev. 13:2
  15. Luke 4:6 : Rev. 13:2
  16. Luke 4:8 : ver. 4; [ver. 12]
  17. Luke 4:8 : Cited from Deut. 6:13
  18. Luke 4:8 : 1 Sam. 7:3
  19. Luke 4:9 : Matt. 4:5
  20. Luke 4:9 : ver. 3
  21. Luke 4:10 : Cited from Ps. 91:11, 12
  22. Luke 4:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; Cited from Ps. 91:11, 12
  23. Luke 4:12 : Cited from Deut. 6:16
  24. Luke 4:12 : [Isa. 7:12]
  25. Luke 4:13 : [ch. 22:53; John 14:30]
  26. Luke 4:14 : Matt. 4:12
  27. Luke 4:14 : ver. 1; [Acts 1:8]
  28. Luke 4:14 : ver. 37
  29. Luke 4:15 : See Matt. 4:23
  30. Luke 4:16 : For ver. 16-30, [Matt. 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6]
  31. Luke 4:16 : ch. 2:39, 51
  32. Luke 4:16 : [Acts 17:2]
  33. Luke 4:16 : ver. 31; See Mark 6:2
  34. Luke 4:16 : Acts 13:15, 27; 15:21
  35. Luke 4:17 : ch. 3:4; [Acts 8:28]
  36. Luke 4:18 : Cited from Isa. 61:1, 2
  37. Luke 4:18 : ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]
  38. Luke 4:18 : Matt. 11:5; [ch. 6:20]
  39. Luke 4:18 : Ps. 146:7, 8
  40. Luke 4:18 : [Isa. 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]
  41. Luke 4:18 : Isa. 58:6
  42. Luke 4:19 : Lev. 25:10; [Isa. 49:8; 2 Cor. 6:2]
  43. Luke 4:20 : Matt. 26:55; [John 8:2]; [Matt. 5:1; 13:2]
  44. Luke 4:20 : Acts 3:4; [ch. 19:48]
  45. Luke 4:21 : Mark 12:10; Acts 8:35
  46. Luke 4:21 : See Matt. 1:22
  47. Luke 4:22 : Ps. 45:2
  48. Luke 4:22 : [Matt. 13:55; John 6:42]
  49. Luke 4:22 : ch. 3:23
  50. Luke 4:23 : [ch. 23:39; Matt. 27:42]
  51. Luke 4:23 : Matt. 11:23; Mark 2:1-12; John 4:46-53
  52. Luke 4:24 : See Matt. 13:57
  53. Luke 4:25 : 1 Kgs. 17:1; 18:1; James 5:17; [Rev. 11:6]
  54. Luke 4:26 : 1 Kgs. 17:9
  55. Luke 4:27 : [2 Kgs. 7:3]
  56. Luke 4:27 : 2 Kgs. 5:1-14
  57. Luke 4:29 : [Num. 15:35; Acts 7:58]
  58. Luke 4:30 : John 8:59; 10:39
  59. Luke 4:31 : For ver. 31-37, see Mark 1:21-28
  60. Luke 4:31 : Matt. 4:13
  61. Luke 4:31 : ver. 15, 16; See Matt. 4:23
  62. Luke 4:31 : See Mark 6:2
  63. Luke 4:32 : ver. 36; See Matt. 7:28, 29
  64. Luke 4:32 : ver. 36; See Matt. 7:28, 29
  65. Luke 4:33 : [See ver. 31 above]; ver. 15, 16; See Matt. 4:23
  66. Luke 4:34 : See Matt. 8:29
  67. Luke 4:34 : [Acts 19:15; James 2:19]
  68. Luke 4:34 : John 6:69; Acts 3:14; Rev. 3:7; [ch. 1:35; Heb. 7:26; 1 John 2:20]
  69. Luke 4:35 : ver. 41; See Matt. 12:16
  70. Luke 4:36 : ver. 32; [Matt. 8:27]
  71. Luke 4:36 : ver. 32; [Matt. 8:27]
  72. Luke 4:37 : ver. 14
  73. Luke 4:38 : For ver. 38-41, see Matt. 8:14-16; Mark 1:29-34
  74. Luke 4:38 : 1 Cor. 9:5
  75. Luke 4:39 : ch. 8:24; 9:42; Matt. 8:26; 17:18; Mark 4:39; 9:25
  76. Luke 4:40 : See Mark 5:23
  77. Luke 4:41 : Mark 3:11, 12; [Acts 16:17, 18]
  78. Luke 4:41 : ver. 33
  79. Luke 4:41 : See Matt. 14:33
  80. Luke 4:41 : Mark 3:11, 12; [Acts 16:17, 18]
  81. Luke 4:41 : See Matt. 1:17
  82. Luke 4:42 : For ver. 42, 43, see Mark 1:35-38
  83. Luke 4:42 : ch. 5:16
  84. Luke 4:42 : [Mark 1:36]
  85. Luke 4:43 : See ch. 13:33
  86. Luke 4:43 : ch. 8:1; 16:16; Matt. 4:23; 24:14; Acts 8:12
  87. Luke 4:44 : [Mark 1:39]

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