10. for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’
11. and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
12. Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”
13. So when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time.
14. Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.
15. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.
16. Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,
17. and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind,to set free those who are oppressed,
19. to proclaim 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 tell them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.”
22. All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
23. Jesus said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.’”
24. And he added, “I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.