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Then Jesus ,
being filled with the Holy Spirit ,
returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ,
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being tempted for forty days by the devil .
And in those days He ate nothing ,
and afterward ,
when they had ended ,
He was hungry .
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And the devil said to Him , "
If You are the Son of God ,
command this stone to become bread ."
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But Jesus answered him ,
saying , "
It is written , "
Man shall not live by bread alone ,
but by every word of God ."'
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Then the devil ,
taking Him up on a high mountain ,
showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time .
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And the devil said to Him , "
All this authority I will give You ,
and their glory ;
for this has been delivered to me ,
and I give it to whomever I wish .
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Therefore ,
if You will worship before me ,
all will be Yours ."
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And Jesus answered and said to him , "
Get behind Me ,
Satan !
For it is written , "
You shall worship the LORD your God ,
and Him only you shall serve ."'
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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 .
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For it is written : "
He shall give His angels charge over you ,
To keep you ,'
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and , "
In their hands they shall bear you up ,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone ."'
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And Jesus answered and said to him , "
It has been said , "
You shall not tempt the LORD your God ."'
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Now when the devil had ended every temptation ,
he departed from Him until an opportune time .
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Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee ,
and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region .
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And He taught in their synagogues ,
being glorified by all .
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So 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 to read .
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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 :
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The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me ,
Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor ;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted ,
To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind ,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed ;
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To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD ."
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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 .
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And He began to say to them , "
Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing ."
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So all bore witness to Him ,
and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth .
And they said , "
Is this not Joseph '
s son ?"
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He said to them , "
You will surely say this proverb to Me , "
Physician ,
heal yourself !
Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum ,
do also here in Your country ."'
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Then He said , "
Assuredly ,
I say to you ,
no prophet is accepted in his own country .
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But I tell you truly ,
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 ;
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but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath ,
in the region of Sidon ,
to a woman who was a widow .
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And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet ,
and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian ."
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So all those in the synagogue ,
when they heard these things ,
were filled with wrath ,
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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 .
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Then passing through the midst of them ,
He went His way .
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Then He went down to Capernaum ,
a city of Galilee ,
and was teaching them on the Sabbaths .
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And they were astonished at His teaching ,
for His word was with authority .
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Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon .
And he cried out with a loud voice ,
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saying , "
Let us alone !
What have we to do with You ,
Jesus of Nazareth ?
Did You come to destroy us ?
I know who You are--the Holy One of God !"
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But Jesus rebuked him ,
saying , "
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 .
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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 ."
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And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region .
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Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon '
s house .
But Simon '
s wife '
s mother was sick with a high fever ,
and they made request of Him concerning her .
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So He stood over her and rebuked the fever ,
and it left her .
And immediately she arose and served them .
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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 .
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And demons also came out of many ,
crying out and saying , "
You are the Christ ,
the Son of God !"
And He ,
rebuking them ,
did not allow them to speak ,
for they knew that He was the Christ .
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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 ;
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but He said to them , "
I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also ,
because for this purpose I have been sent ."
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And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee .