1When Jesus returned from the River Jordan, the power of the Holy Spirit was with him, and the Spirit led him into the desert.
2For forty days Jesus was tested by the devil, and during that time he went without eating. When it was all over, he was hungry.
3The devil said to Jesus, “If you are God's Son, tell this stone to turn into bread.”
4Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say, ‘No one can live only on food.’ ”
5Then the devil led Jesus up to a high place and quickly showed him all the nations on earth.
6The devil said, “I will give all this power and glory to you. It has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
7Just worship me, and you can have it all.”
8Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say:
‘Worship the Lord your God
and serve only him!’ ”
9Finally, the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem and had him stand on top of the temple. The devil said, “If you are God's Son, jump off.
10-11The Scriptures say:
‘God will tell his angels
to take care of you.
They will catch you
in their arms,
and you will not hurt
your feet on the stones.’ ”
12Jesus answered, “The Scriptures also say, ‘Don't try to test the Lord your God!’ ”
13After the devil had finished testing Jesus in every way possible, he left him for a while.
Jesus' ministry in GalileeJesus begins his work(Matthew 4.12-17; Mark 1.14,15)14Jesus returned to Galilee with the power of the Spirit. News about him spread everywhere.
15He taught in the Jewish meeting places, and everyone praised him.
The people of Nazareth turn against Jesus(Matthew 13.53-58; Mark 6.1-6)16Jesus went back to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and as usual he went to the meeting place on the Sabbath. When he stood up to read from the Scriptures,
17he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet. He opened it and read,
18“The Lord's Spirit
has come to me,
because he has chosen me
to tell the good news
to the poor.
The Lord has sent me
to announce freedom
for prisoners,
to give sight to the blind,
to free everyone
who suffers,
19and to say, ‘This is the year
the Lord has chosen.’ ”
20Jesus closed the book, then handed it back to the man in charge and sat down. Everyone in the meeting place looked straight at Jesus.
21Then Jesus said to them, “What you have just heard me read has come true today.”
22All the people started talking about Jesus and were amazed at the wonderful things he said. They kept on asking, “Isn't he Joseph's son?”
23Jesus answered:
You will certainly want to tell me this saying, “Doctor, first make yourself well.” You will tell me to do the same things here in my own home town that you heard I did in Capernaum.
24But you can be sure that no prophets are liked by the people of their own home town.
25Once during the time of Elijah there was no rain for three and a half years, and people everywhere were starving. There were many widows in Israel, But no one was healed, except Naaman who lived in Syria.
28When the people in the meeting place heard Jesus say this, they became so angry
29that they got up and threw him out of town. They dragged him to the edge of the cliff on which the town was built, because they wanted to throw him down from there.
30But Jesus slipped through the crowd and got away.
A man with an evil spirit(Mark 1.21-28)31Jesus went to the town of Capernaum in Galilee and taught the people on the Sabbath.
32His teaching amazed them because he spoke with power.
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