Thematic Bible




Luke 4:1 (show verse)

Then Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Luke 4:2 (show verse)

where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.

Luke 4:3 (show verse)

The Devil told him, "Since you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."

Luke 4:4 (show verse)

Jesus answered him, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

Luke 4:5 (show verse)

The Devil also took him to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant.

Luke 4:6 (show verse)

He told Jesus, "I will give you all this authority, along with their glory, because it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please.

Luke 4:7 (show verse)

So if you will worship me, all this will be yours."

Luke 4:8 (show verse)

But Jesus answered him, "It is written, "You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Luke 4:9 (show verse)

The Devil also took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the Temple. He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

Luke 4:10 (show verse)

because it is written, "God will put his angels in charge of you to watch over you carefully.

Luke 4:11 (show verse)

With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

Luke 4:12 (show verse)

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, "You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"

Luke 4:13 (show verse)

After the Devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, he left him until another time.

Luke 4:14 (show verse)

Then Jesus returned to Galilee by the power of the Spirit. Meanwhile, the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.

Luke 4:15 (show verse)

He began to teach in their synagogues and was continuously receiving praise from everyone.

Luke 4:16 (show verse)

Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been raised. As was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. When he stood up to read,

Luke 4:17 (show verse)

the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

Luke 4:18 (show verse)

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

Luke 4:19 (show verse)

and to announce the year of the Lord's favor."

Luke 4:20 (show verse)

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. While the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him,

Luke 4:21 (show verse)

he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled, as you've heard it read aloud."

Luke 4:22 (show verse)

All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, "This is Joseph's son, isn't it?"

Luke 4:23 (show verse)

So he told them, "You will probably quote this proverb to me, "Doctor, heal yourself! Do everything here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.'"

Luke 4:24 (show verse)

He added, "I tell all of you with certainty, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.

Luke 4:25 (show verse)

I'm telling you the truth there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when it didn't rain for three years and six months and there was a severe famine everywhere in the land.

Luke 4:26 (show verse)

Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of those widows except to one at Zarephath in Sidon.

Luke 4:27 (show verse)

There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."

Luke 4:28 (show verse)

All the people in the synagogue became furious when they heard this.

Luke 4:29 (show verse)

They got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their city was built, intending to throw him off.

Luke 4:30 (show verse)

But he walked right through the middle of them and went away.

Luke 4:31 (show verse)

Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and began teaching the people on Sabbath days.

Luke 4:32 (show verse)

They were utterly amazed at what he taught, because his message was spoken with authority.

Luke 4:33 (show verse)

In the synagogue was a man who had a demon. He screamed with a loud voice,

Luke 4:34 (show verse)

"Oh, no! 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!"

Luke 4:35 (show verse)

But Jesus rebuked him. "Be quiet," he said, "and come out of him!" At this, the demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out of him without hurting him.

Luke 4:36 (show verse)

Overwhelmed with amazement, they all kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? because with authority and power he gives orders to unclean spirits, and they come out!"

Luke 4:37 (show verse)

So news about him spread to every place in the surrounding region.

Luke 4:38 (show verse)

Then Jesus got up to leave the synagogue and went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, so they asked Jesus about her.

Luke 4:39 (show verse)

He bent over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began serving them.

Luke 4:40 (show verse)

When the sun was setting, everyone who had any friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and began healing them.

Luke 4:41 (show verse)

Even demons came out of many people, screaming, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.

Luke 4:42 (show verse)

At daybreak he left and went to a deserted place, while the crowds kept looking for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

Luke 4:43 (show verse)

But he told them, "I have to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God in other cities, because I was sent to do that also."

Luke 4:44 (show verse)

So he continued to preach in the synagogues of Galilee.