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.
1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land
2 For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.
3 And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.
4 And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need.
5 And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.
6 And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.
7 If then you will give worship to me, it will all be yours.
8 And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.
9 And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,
10 He will give his angels orders to take care of you:
11 And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
12 And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
13 And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.
14 And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through all the country round about.
15 And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.
17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
19 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.
20 And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him.
21 Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.
22 And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
23 And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.
24 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.
25 Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;
26 But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
27 And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian.
28 And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.
29 And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.
30 But he came through them and went on his way.
31 And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.
32 And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
33 And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,
34 Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.
35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.
36 And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.
37 And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.
38 And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her
39 He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.
40 And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put his hands on every one of them and made them well.
41 And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.
42 And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.
43 But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.
44 And he was teaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.