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Then Jesus^(a) returned from the Jordan,^(b) full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

for 40 days to be tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over,^[a] He was hungry.

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

But Jesus answered him, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone. " ^[b](c)[c]

So he took Him up^[d] and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

The Devil said to Him, "I will give You their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me,^(d) and I can give it to anyone I want.

If You, then, will worship me,^[e] all will be Yours."

And Jesus answered him,^[f] "It is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve ^(e) Him only. " ^[g]

So he took Him to Jerusalem, 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.

For it is written: He will give His angels orders concerning you, to protect you, ^(f)[h]

¹¹and they will support you with their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. "^(g)[i]

And Jesus answered him, "It is said: Do not test the Lord your God. " ^(h)[j]

After the Devil had finished every temptation, he departed from Him for a time.

Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,⁽ⁱ⁾ and news about Him spread throughout the entire vicinity.^(j)

He was teaching in their synagogues,^(k) being acclaimed^[k] by everyone.

He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up.^(l) As usual, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day^(m) and stood up to read.⁽ⁿ⁾

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me ^[l] to proclaim freedom ^[m] to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,

to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. ^[n](o)[o]

He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down.^(p) And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

He began by saying to them, "Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled."

They were all speaking well of Him^[p] and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"^(q)

Then He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb^[q] to Me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself. So all we've heard that took place in Capernaum,^(r) do here in Your hometown also.'"

He also said, "I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown.^(s)

But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah's days,^(t) when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.

Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them—but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

And in the prophet Elisha's time, there were many in Israel who had serious skin diseases, yet not one of them was healed^[r] —only Naaman the Syrian." ^(u)

When they heard this, everyone in the synagogue was enraged.

They got up, drove Him out of town,^(v) and brought Him to the edge^[s] of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl Him over the cliff.

But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way.^(w)