1And Jesus , full of the Holy Spirit , returned from the Jordan , and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness 2during forty days , being tempted of the devil . And he did eat nothing in those days : and when they were completed, he hungered . 3And the devil said unto him , If thou art the Son of God , command this stone that it become bread. 4And Jesus answered unto him , It is written , Man shall not live by bread alone . 5And he led him up , and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time . 6And the devil said unto him , To thee will I give all this authority , and the glory of them : for it hath been delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I give it . 7If thou therefore wilt worship before me , it shall all be thine. 8And Jesus answered and said unto him , It is written , Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God , and him only shalt thou serve . 9And he led him to Jerusalem , and set him on the pinnacle of the temple , and said unto him , If thou art the Son of God , cast thyself down from hence : 10for it is written , He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee: 11and , On their hands they shall bear thee up , Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone . 12And Jesus answering said unto him , It is said , Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God . 13And when the devil had completed every temptation , he departed from him for a season .
Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee
14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee : and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about . 15And he taught in their synagogues , being glorified of all .
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
16And he came to Nazareth , where he had been brought up : and he entered , as his custom was , into the synagogue on the sabbath day , and stood up to read. 17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah . And he opened the book , and found the place where it was written , 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me , Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor : He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind , To set at liberty them that are bruised, 19To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord . 20And he closed the book , and gave it back to the attendant , and sat down : and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him . 21And he began to say unto them , To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears . 22And all bare him witness , and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth : and they said , Is not this Joseph ’s son ? 23And he said unto them , Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable , Physician , heal thyself : whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum , do also here in thine own country . 24And he said , Verily I say unto you , No prophet is acceptable in his own country . 25But of a truth I say unto you , There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah , when the heaven was shut up three years and six months , when there came a great famine over all the land ; 26and unto none of them was Elijah sent , but only to Zarephath , in the land of Sidon , unto a woman that was a widow . 27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet ; and none of them was cleansed , but only Naaman the Syrian . 28And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue , as they heard these things ; 29and they rose up , and cast him forth out of the city , and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built , that they might throw him down headlong . 30But he passing through the midst of them went his way .
Jesus Heals and Casts Out Demons
31And he came down to Capernaum , a city of Galilee . And he was teaching them on the sabbath day : 32and they were astonished at his teaching ; for his word was with authority . 33And in the synagogue there was a man, that had a spirit of an unclean demon ; and he cried out with a loud voice , 34Ah! what have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene ? art thou come to destroy us ? I know thee who thou art , the Holy One of God . 35And Jesus rebuked him , saying , Hold thy peace, 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 hurt. 36And amazement came upon all , and they spake together , one with another , saying , What is this word ? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits , and they come out . 37And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the region round about . 38And he rose up from the synagogue , and entered into the house of Simon . And Simon ’s wife’s mother was holden with a great fever ; and they besought him for her . 39And he stood over her , and rebuked the fever ; and it left her : and immediately she rose up and ministered unto them . 40And when the sun was setting , all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him ; and he laid his hands on every one of them , and healed them . 41And demons also came out from many , crying out , and saying , Thou art the Son of God . And rebuking them , he suffered them not to speak , because they knew that he was the Christ . 42And when it was day , he came out and went into a desert place : and the multitudes sought after him , and came unto him , and would have stayed him , that he should not go from them . 43But he said unto them , I must preach the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also : for therefore was I sent . 44And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee .