1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ”

5 Then the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited world in an instant. 6 The devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 So if you worship before me, it will all be yours.” 8 Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve him alone.’ ”

9 Then he led him to Jerusalem, stood him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’ 11 and, ‘They will bear you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ” 12 Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ” 13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding region. 15 He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by all.

16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. On the Sabbath he entered the synagogue, as was his custom, and stood up to read. 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

20 He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 Then he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 Everyone spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words coming from his mouth. They said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23 He said to them, “You will surely quote this proverb to me, ‘Physician, heal yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your hometown too what we have heard happened in Capernaum.’ ” 24 Then he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25 But I tell you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when heaven was shut for three years and six months and a great famine came over all the land. 26 Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, everyone in the synagogue was filled with rage. 29 They rose, drove him out of the town, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, intending to throw him down. 30 But he passed through their midst and went on his way.

31 He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. 32 They were astonished at his teaching, because his word had authority. 33 In the synagogue there was a man with an unclean demonic spirit. He cried out in a loud voice, 34 “Ah! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” 35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” The demon threw the man down in their midst and came out of him without harming him at all. 36 Amazement came over them all, and they said to one another, “What is this word? With authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 37 Reports about him spread to every place in the surrounding region.

38 He left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they pleaded with him for her. 39 He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. At once she got up and began serving them.

40 As the sun was setting, all who had people suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each one and healed them. 41 Demons also came out of many, crying out, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not let them speak, because they knew he was the Christ.

42 At daybreak he went out to a deserted place. The crowds kept looking for him, and when they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them. 43 But he said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because I was sent for this purpose.” 44 And he continued preaching in the synagogues of Judea.