Luke 4:2-24

²All that time he ate nothing; and, when it was over, he became hungry.

³So the devil said to him, “If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

⁴And Jesus answered him, “Scripture says — ‘It is not on bread alone that a person is to live.’”

⁵And the devil led Jesus up, and showing him in a single moment all the kingdoms of the earth, said to him,

⁶“I will give you all this power, and the splendor of them; for it has been given into my hands and I give it to whom I wish.

⁷If you worship me, it will all be yours.”

⁸And Jesus answered him, “Scripture says — ‘You should worship the Lord your God, and worship him only.’”

⁹The devil next led him into Jerusalem, and, placing him on the parapet of the Temple, said, “If you are God's Son throw yourself down from here,

¹⁰for scripture says — ‘He will give his angels commands about you, to guard you safely,’

¹¹And ‘On their hands they will lift you up, otherwise you might strike your foot against a stone.’”

¹²But Jesus answered him, “It is said — ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’”

¹³When he had tried every kind of temptation, the devil left Jesus, until another opportunity.

¹⁴Moved by the power of the Spirit, Jesus returned to Galilee. Reports about him spread through all that region;

¹⁵and he began to teach in their synagogues, and was honored by everyone.

¹⁶Coming to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, Jesus, as was his custom, went on the Sabbath into the synagogue, and stood up to read the scriptures.

¹⁷He was given the book of the prophet Isaiah; and Jesus opened the book and found the place where it says —

¹⁸‘The Spirit of the Lord is on me, For he has consecrated me to bring good news to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, To set the oppressed at liberty,

¹⁹to proclaim the accepted year of the Lord.’

²⁰Then, closing the book and returning it to the attendant, he sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him,

²¹and Jesus began, “This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

²²All who were present spoke well of him, and were astonished at the beautiful words that fell from his lips. “Isn't Joseph's son?” they asked.

²³“Doubtless,” said Jesus, “you will remind me of the saying — ‘Doctor, cure yourself;’ and you will say ‘Do here in your own country all that we have heard that has been done at Capernaum.’

²⁴I tell you,” he continued, “that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.