2. being tempted by the devil for forty days. During those days He ate nothing. And when they were ended, He was hungry.
3. The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4. Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”
5. The devil, taking Him up onto a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6. And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this power and their glory, for it has been delivered to me. And I give it to whomever I will.
7. If You, then, will worship me, all will be Yours.”
8. And Jesus answered him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’”
9. He brought Him to Jerusalem, set 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 shall give His angels charge concerning you,to preserve you,’
11. and ‘In their hands they shall hold you up,lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
12. Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
13. When the devil had ended all the temptations, he departed from Him until another time.
14. Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee. And His fame went throughout the surrounding region.
15. He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by everyone.
16. He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day. And He stood up to read.
17. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. When He had unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it was written:
18. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,because He has anointed Meto preach the gospel to the poor;He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted,to preach deliverance to the captivesand recovery of sight to the blind,to set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19. to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20. Then He rolled up the scroll, and He gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all those who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”