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Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

And Jesus answered him, "It is written: 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.'"

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory, for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I want.

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

"Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours."

If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

Jesus replied to him, "It is written: 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And he brought Him into Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

for it is written: 'HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS ORDERS CONCERNING YOU, TO PROTECT YOU,'

For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

and, 'ON THEIR HANDS THEY WILL LIFT YOU UP, SO THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"

And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

And Jesus answered and said to him, "It has been stated, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

And so when the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding region.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

And 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 for to read.

And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD."

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

And He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently directed at Him.

And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

Now He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

And all the people were speaking well of Him, and admiring the gracious words which were coming from His lips; and yet they were saying, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

And He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me: 'Physician, heal yourself! All the miracles that we heard were done in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown as well.'"

And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

But He said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

"But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a severe famine came over all the land;

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

"And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."

And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and brought Him to the crest of the hill on which their city had been built, so that they could throw Him down from the cliff.

And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

But He passed through their midst and went on His way.

But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee; and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;

And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

and they were amazed at His teaching, because His message was delivered with authority.

And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

"Leave us alone! What business do You have with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!"

Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, it came out of him without doing him any harm.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another, saying, "What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And the news about Him was spreading into every locality of the surrounding region.

And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon's home. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her.

And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and served them.

And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

Now while the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He was laying His hands on each one of them and healing them.

Now 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.

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" And yet He was rebuking them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

Now when day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and they came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

But He said to them, "I must also preach the kingdom of God to the other cities, because I was sent for this purpose."

And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

So He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.