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    Luke 4

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    Nazareth applauds Jesus, hears one unwelcome history lesson, and shortly afterwards escorts Him to a cliff. The chapter offers no account of how He passed through the crowd; He simply did, and went on His way.

    The wilderness and the synagoguevv. 1–13

    Full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus is led from the Jordan into the wilderness, where the devil spends forty days trying to make hunger, authority, and spectacle do the talking. Jesus answers each proposal with Scripture, while the devil, having finished every temptation, departs until an opportune time.

    The hometown cliffvv. 14–30

    Jesus returns to Galilee, teaches in the synagogues, and then reads Isaiah in Nazareth. The congregation begins with admiration, but Jesus recalls Elijah being sent to a widow in Sidon and Naaman being cleansed while Israel's lepers were not. Admiration turns to fury, and the townspeople drive Him to the brow of the hill to throw Him over the cliff. Then comes the chapter's briskest bit of unexplained movement: Jesus passes through the crowd and goes on His way.

    Authority in Capernaumvv. 31–44

    In Capernaum, Jesus teaches with authority, rebukes an unclean demon, and then rebukes a fever at Simon's house. The fever leaves at once, and Simon's mother-in-law rises immediately to serve the visitors—an unusually efficient household turnaround. At sunset, the sick and demon-haunted arrive in numbers; at daybreak, Jesus withdraws to a solitary place, refuses to be kept in Capernaum, and continues preaching through Judea.

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    1. Luke 4:1Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

    2. Luke 4:2where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

    3. Luke 4:3The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

    4. Luke 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

    5. Luke 4:5Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

    6. Luke 4:6“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

    7. Luke 4:7So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”

    8. Luke 4:8But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

    9. Luke 4:9Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

    10. Luke 4:10For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,

    11. Luke 4:11and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

    12. Luke 4:12But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

    13. Luke 4:13When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

    14. Luke 4:14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.

    15. Luke 4:15He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.

    16. Luke 4:16Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

    17. Luke 4:17the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

    18. Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

    19. Luke 4:19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

    20. Luke 4:20Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

    21. Luke 4:21and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

    22. Luke 4:22All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.

    23. Luke 4:23Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”

    24. Luke 4:24Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

    25. Luke 4:25But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

    26. Luke 4:26Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.

    27. Luke 4:27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

    28. Luke 4:28On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

    29. Luke 4:29They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

    30. Luke 4:30But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.

    31. Luke 4:31Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.

    32. Luke 4:32They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.

    33. Luke 4:33In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,

    34. Luke 4:34“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

    35. Luke 4:35But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.

    36. Luke 4:36All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

    37. Luke 4:37And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.

    38. Luke 4:38After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,

    39. Luke 4:39and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.

    40. Luke 4:40At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

    41. Luke 4:41Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.

    42. Luke 4:42At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.

    43. Luke 4:43But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”

    44. Luke 4:44And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.

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    • 18Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
    • 18Matthew 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
    • 18Psalms 146:7–8He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
    • 18Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
    • 18Luke 7:22So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
    • 18Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
    • 18Isaiah 42:7to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
    • 4Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
    • 18John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
    • 181 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
    • 18Colossians 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
    • 10Psalms 91:11–12For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
    • 181 John 2:8–10Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
    • 8Deuteronomy 6:13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
    • 12Deuteronomy 6:16Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
    • 4Matthew 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

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