1 Then Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 where he was being tempted by the devil for forty days. During those days he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he was hungry.
3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."
4 Jesus answered him,"It is written,‘One must not live on bread alone,but on every word of God.’"
5 The devil also took him to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant.
6 He said to Jesus, "I will give you all this authority and the glory of these kingdoms. For it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please.
7 So if you will worship me, all this will be yours."
8 But Jesus answered him,"It is written,‘You must worship the Lord your Godand serve only him.’"
9 The devil also took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. He said to Jesus, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.
10 For it is written, ‘God will put his angels in charge of youto watch over you carefully.
11 With their hands they will hold you up,so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.’"
12 Jesus answered him,"It has been said,‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’"
13 After the devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, he left him until another time.
14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Holy Spirit. Meanwhile, the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.
15 He began to teach in their synagogues and was continuously receiving praise from everyone.
16 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,
17 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed me to tellthe good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisonersand recovery of sight to the blind,to set oppressed people free,
19 and to announce the year of the Lord's favor."
20 Then 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 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?"
23 So he said to them,"You will probably quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, heal yourself! Do all the things here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.’"
24 He added,"Truly I tell you, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.
25 In truth I tell you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the heaven was closed for three years and six months and there was a severe famine everywhere in the land.
26 Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.
27 There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."
28 All the people in the synagogue became furious when they heard this.
29 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 of it.
30 But he walked right through the middle of them and went away.
31 Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and began teaching the people on the Sabbath.
32 They were utterly amazed at his teaching, because his message was spoken with authority.
33 In the synagogue was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. He screamed with a loud voice,
34 "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!"
35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying,"Be quiet, 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.
36 Amazement came on all of them, and they kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? For with authority and power he tells the unclean spirits what to do, and they come out!"
37 So news about him spread to every place in the surrounding region.
38 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.
39 He bent over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began serving them.
40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and began healing them.
41 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 Christ.
42 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.
43 But he said to them,"I have to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God in the other cities also, for that is what I was sent to do."
44 So he continued to preach in the synagogues of Galilee.
1 Jesus, cheio do Espírito Santo, voltou do Jordão e foi levado pelo Espírito ao deserto,
2 onde, durante quarenta dias, foi tentado pelo diabo. Não comeu nada durante esses dias e, ao fim deles, teve fome.
3 O diabo lhe disse: "Se você é o Filho de Deus, mande a esta pedra que se transforme em pão".
4 Jesus respondeu: "Está escrito: ‘Nem só de pão viverá o homem’ ".
5 O diabo o levou a um lugar alto e mostrou-lhe num relance todos os reinos do mundo.
6 E lhe disse: "Eu lhe darei toda a autoridade sobre eles e todo o seu esplendor, porque me foram dados e posso dá-los a quem eu quiser.
7 Então, se você me adorar, tudo será seu".
8 Jesus respondeu: "Está escrito: ‘Adore o Senhor, o seu Deus e só a ele preste culto’".
9 O diabo o levou a Jerusalém, colocou-o na parte mais alta do templo e lhe disse: "Se você é o Filho de Deus, jogue-se daqui para baixo.
10 Pois está escrito: ‘Ele dará ordens a seus anjos a seu respeito, para lhe guardarem;
11 com as mãos eles os segurarão, para que você não tropece em alguma pedra’".
12 Jesus respondeu: "Dito está: ‘Não ponha à prova o Senhor, o seu Deus’".
13 Tendo terminado todas essas tentações, o diabo o deixou até ocasião oportuna.
14 Jesus voltou para a Galiléia no poder do Espírito, e por toda aquela região se espalhou a sua fama.
15 Ensinava nas sinagogas, e todos o elogiavam.
16 Ele foi a Nazaré, onde havia sido criado, e no dia de sábado entrou na sinagoga, como era seu costume. E levantou-se para ler.
17 Foi-lhe entregue o livro do profeta Isaías. Abriu-o e encontrou o lugar onde está escrito:
18 "O Espírito do Senhor está sobre mim, porque ele me ungiu para pregar boas novas aos pobres. Ele me enviou para proclamar liberdade aos presos e recuperação da vista aos cegos, para libertar os oprimidos
19 e proclamar o ano da graça do Senhor".
20 Então ele fechou o livro, devolveu-o ao assistente e assentou-se. Na sinagoga todos tinham os olhos fitos nele;
21 e ele começou a dizer-lhes: "Hoje se cumpriu a Escritura que vocês acabaram de ouvir".
22 Todos falavam bem dele, e estavam admirados com as palavras de graça que saíam de seus lábios. Mas perguntavam: "Não é este o filho de José? "
23 Jesus lhes disse: "É claro que vocês me citarão este provérbio: ‘Médico, cura-te a ti mesmo! ’ Faze aqui em tua terra o que ouvimos que fizeste em Cafarnaum".
24 Continuou ele: "Digo-lhes a verdade: Nenhum profeta é aceito em sua terra.
25 Asseguro-lhes que havia muitas viúvas em Israel no tempo de Elias, quando o céu foi fechado por três anos e meio, e houve uma grande fome em toda a terra.
26 Contudo, Elias não foi enviado a nenhuma delas, senão a uma viúva de Sarepta, na região de Sidom.
27 Também havia muitos leprosos em Israel no tempo de Eliseu, o profeta; todavia, nenhum deles foi purificado: somente Naamã, o sírio".
28 Todos os que estavam na sinagoga ficaram furiosos quando ouviram isso.
29 Levantaram-se, expulsaram-no da cidade e o levaram até ao topo da colina sobre a qual fora construída a cidade, a fim de atirá-lo precipício abaixo.
30 Mas Jesus passou por entre eles e retirou-se.
31 Então ele desceu a Cafarnaum, cidade da Galiléia, e, no sábado, começou a ensinar o povo.
32 Todos ficavam maravilhados com o seu ensino, porque falava com autoridade.
33 Na sinagoga havia um homem possesso de um demônio, de um espírito imundo. Ele gritou com toda a força:
34 "Ah! que queres conosco, Jesus de Nazaré? Vieste para nos destruir? Sei quem tu és: o Santo de Deus! "
35 Jesus o repreendeu, e disse: "Cale-se e saia dele! " Então o demônio jogou o homem no chão diante de todos, e saiu dele sem o ferir.
36 Todos ficaram admirados, e diziam uns aos outros: "Que palavra é esta? Até aos espíritos imundos ele dá ordens com autoridade e poder, e eles saem! "
37 E a sua fama se espalhava por toda a região circunvizinha.
38 Jesus saiu da sinagoga e foi à casa de Simão. A sogra de Simão estava com febre alta, e pediram a Jesus que fizesse algo por ela.
39 Estando ele em pé junto dela, inclinou-se e repreendeu a febre, que a deixou. Ela se levantou imediatamente e passou a servi-los.
40 Ao pôr-do-sol, o povo trouxe a Jesus todos os que tinham vários tipos de doenças; e ele os curou, impondo as mãos sobre cada um deles.
41 Além disso, de muitas pessoas saíam demônios gritando: "Tu és o Filho de Deus! " Ele, porém, os repreendia e não permitia que falassem, porque sabiam que ele era o Cristo.
42 Ao romper do dia, Jesus foi para um lugar solitário. As multidões o procuravam, e, quando chegaram até onde ele estava, insistiam que não as deixasse.
43 Mas ele disse: "É necessário que eu pregue as boas novas do Reino de Deus noutras cidades também, porque para isso fui enviado".
44 E continuava pregando nas sinagogas da Judéia.