Luke 4 - New King James Version (NKJV)

Satan Tempts Jesus^(A)

4 Then ^(B)Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and ^(C)was led by the Spirit ^[a]into the wilderness, ² being ^[b]tempted for forty days by the devil. And ^(D)in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

³ And the devil said to Him, “If You are ^(E)the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

⁴ But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ^(F)‘Man shall not live by bread alone, ^[c]but by every word of God.’ ”

^{5 [d]}Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶ And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for ^(G)this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. ⁷ Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”

⁸ And Jesus answered and said to him, ^[e]“Get behind Me, Satan! ^[f]For it is written, ^(H)‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

^{9 (I)}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. ¹⁰ For it is written:

^(J)‘He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you,’

¹¹ and,

^(K)‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

¹² And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, ^(L)‘You shall not ^[g]tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

¹³ Now when the devil had ended every ^[h]temptation, he departed from Him ^(M)until an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry^(N)

^{14 (O)}Then Jesus returned ^(P)in the power of the Spirit to ^(Q)Galilee, and ^(R)news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. ¹⁵ And He ^(S)taught in their synagogues, ^(T)being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth^(U)

¹⁶ So He came to ^(V)Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, ^(W)He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ 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:

¹⁸ “The^(X) Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me ^[i]to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To ^(Y)set at liberty those who are ^[j]oppressed;
¹⁹ To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

²⁰ Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹ And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is ^(Z)fulfilled in your hearing.” ²² So all bore witness to Him, and ^(AA)marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, ^(AB)“Is this not Joseph’s son?”

²³ He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in ^(AC)Capernaum,^[k] do also here in ^(AD)Your country.’ ” ²⁴ Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no ^(AE)prophet is accepted in his own country. ²⁵ But I tell you truly, ^(AF)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; ²⁶ but to none of them was Elijah sent except to ^[l]Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ^{27 (AG)}And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

²⁸ So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were ^(AH)filled with ^[m]wrath, ^{29 (AI)}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. ³⁰ Then ^(AJ)passing through the midst of them, He went His way.

Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit^(AK)

³¹ Then ^(AL)He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. ³² And they were ^(AM)astonished at His teaching, ^(AN)for His word was with authority. ^{33 (AO)}Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴ saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? ^(AP)I know who You are—^(AQ)the Holy One of God!”

³⁵ But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ^[n]“Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. ³⁶ Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” ³⁷ And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed^(AR)

^{38 (AS)}Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s wife’s mother was ^[o]sick with a high fever, and they ^(AT)made request of Him concerning her. ³⁹ So He stood over her and ^(AU)rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.

Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset^(AV)

^{40 (AW)}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. ^{41 (AX)}And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, ^(AY)“You are ^[p]the Christ, the Son of God!”

And He, ^(AZ)rebuking them, did not allow them to ^[q]speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Galilee^(BA)

^{42 (BB)}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; ⁴³ but He said to them, “I must ^(BC)preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” ^{44 (BD)}And He was preaching in the synagogues of ^[r]Galilee.

Footnotes

1. Luke 4:1 NU in
2. Luke 4:2 tested
3. Luke 4:4 NU omits but by every word of God
4. Luke 4:5 NU And taking Him up, he showed Him
5. Luke 4:8 NU omits Get behind Me, Satan
6. Luke 4:8 NU, M omit For
7. Luke 4:12 test
8. Luke 4:13 testing
9. Luke 4:18 NU omits to heal the brokenhearted
10. Luke 4:18 downtrodden
11. Luke 4:23 NU Capharnaum, here and elsewhere
12. Luke 4:26 Gr. Sarepta
13. Luke 4:28 rage
14. Luke 4:35 Lit. Be muzzled
15. Luke 4:38 afflicted with
16. Luke 4:41 NU omits the Christ
17. Luke 4:41 Or say that they knew
18. Luke 4:44 NU Judea

Cross references

1. Luke 4:1 : Matt. 4:1–11; Mark 1:12, 13
2. Luke 4:1 : [Is. 11:2; 61:1]; Matt. 4:1–11; Mark 1:12, 13
3. Luke 4:1 : Ezek. 3:12; Luke 2:27
4. Luke 4:2 : Ex. 34:28; 1 Kin. 19:8
5. Luke 4:3 : Mark 3:11; John 20:31
6. Luke 4:4 : Deut. 8:3
7. Luke 4:6 : [John 12:31; 14:30; Rev. 13:2, 7]
8. Luke 4:8 : Deut. 6:13; 10:20; Matt. 4:10
9. Luke 4:9 : Matt. 4:5–7
10. Luke 4:10 : Ps. 91:11
11. Luke 4:11 : Ps. 91:12
12. Luke 4:12 : Deut. 6:16
13. Luke 4:13 : [John 14:30; Heb. 4:15; James 4:7]
14. Luke 4:14 : Matt. 4:12–17; Mark 1:14, 15
15. Luke 4:14 : Matt. 4:12
16. Luke 4:14 : John 4:43
17. Luke 4:14 : Acts 10:37
18. Luke 4:14 : Matt. 4:24
19. Luke 4:15 : Ps. 22:22; Matt. 4:23
20. Luke 4:15 : Is. 52:13
21. Luke 4:16 : Matt. 13:54–58; Mark 6:1–6
22. Luke 4:16 : Matt. 2:23; 13:54; Mark 6:1
23. Luke 4:16 : Mark 1:21; John 18:20; Acts 13:14–16; 17:2
24. Luke 4:18 : Is. 49:8, 9; 61:1, 2; Matt. 11:5; 12:18; John 3:34
25. Luke 4:18 : [Dan. 9:24]
26. Luke 4:21 : Matt. 1:22, 23; Acts 13:29
27. Luke 4:22 : [Ps. 45:2]; Matt. 13:54; Mark 6:2; Luke 2:47; [John 1:14, 17]
28. Luke 4:22 : John 6:42
29. Luke 4:23 : Matt. 4:13; 11:23
30. Luke 4:23 : Matt. 13:54; Mark 6:1
31. Luke 4:24 : Matt. 13:57; Mark 6:4; John 4:44
32. Luke 4:25 : 1 Kin. 17:9; James 5:17
33. Luke 4:27 : 2 Kin. 5:1–14
34. Luke 4:28 : Luke 6:11
35. Luke 4:29 : Luke 17:25; John 8:37; 10:31
36. Luke 4:30 : John 8:59; 10:39
37. Luke 4:31 : Mark 1:21–28
38. Luke 4:31 : Is. 9:1; Matt. 4:13; Mark 1:21
39. Luke 4:32 : Matt. 7:28, 29
40. Luke 4:32 : Luke 4:36; [John 6:63; 7:46; 8:26, 28, 38, 47; 12:49, 50]
41. Luke 4:33 : Mark 1:23
42. Luke 4:34 : Luke 4:41
43. Luke 4:34 : Ps. 16:10; Is. 49:7; Dan. 9:24; Luke 1:35
44. Luke 4:38 : Matt. 8:14, 15; Mark 1:29–31
45. Luke 4:38 : Matt. 8:14, 15; Mark 1:29–31
46. Luke 4:38 : Mark 5:23
47. Luke 4:39 : Luke 8:24
48. Luke 4:40 : Matt. 8:16, 17; Mark 1:32–34
49. Luke 4:40 : Matt. 8:16, 17; Mark 1:32–34
50. Luke 4:41 : Mark 1:34; 3:11; Acts 8:7
51. Luke 4:41 : Mark 8:29
52. Luke 4:41 : Mark 1:25, 34; 3:11; Luke 4:34, 35
53. Luke 4:42 : Matt. 4:23–25; Mark 1:35–39
54. Luke 4:42 : Mark 1:35–38; Luke 9:10
55. Luke 4:43 : Mark 1:14; [John 9:4]
56. Luke 4:44 : Matt. 4:23; 9:35; Mark 1:39