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And◦ Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led◦ by the Spirit into the wilderness,
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being forty days tempted by the Devil; and He did eat nothing in those days; and when they were ended, He afterwards hungered.
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And the Devil said◦ to Him, If Thou be the Son of God, say◦ to this stone that◦ it become bread.
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And Jesus answered him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every saying of God.*
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And the Devil, leading· Him ·up◦ into a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world◦ in a moment of time◦.
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And the Devil said◦ to Him, All this authority I will to give Thee, and the glory of··them, for it is delivered··up to me, and to whomever I will, I give it.
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If therefore Thou wilt worship before me, all shall be Thine.
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And Jesus answering said to him, Get thee behind Me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve▵.*
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And he led◦ Him to◦ Jerusalem, and stood Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said◦ to Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down from hence:
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for◦ it is written, He shall command His angels concerning Thee, to guard Thee;
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and in their hands they shall take· Thee ·up, lest Thou dash Thy foot against a stone.*
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And Jesus answering said◦ to him, It is said▵, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.*
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And when the Devil had ended all the temptation, he stood··back from Him until◦ a time.
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And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee; and the fame concerning Him went··out▵ into▵ the whole countryside.
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And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
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And He came to◦ Nazareth, where He had··been brought up*; and, as He was··accustomed, He went into the synagogue on▵ the day of the Sabbaths, and stood··up to read.
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And there was given to Him the book of the prophet Isaiah, and having unrolled the book He found the place where it was written,
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, for the sake of which He has anointed Me to bring··good··tidings to the poor; He has sent◦ Me to heal the broken··apart in heart, to preach release◦ to the captives, and to the blind the receiving··of··sight, to send··out with release◦ those who are wounded,
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to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.*
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And having closed◦ the book, He gave· it ·back to the attendant, and sat··down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing··at Him.
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And◦ He began to say to them, Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
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And all bore Him witness, and marveled at the words of grace which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
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And He said◦ to them, You will by··all means say▵ to Me this parable, Physician, cure thyself; as··many· things ·as we have heard were··done◦ in Capernaum, do also here in Thy country◦.
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And◦ He said◦, Amen I say to··you that not··any prophet is acceptable in his own country◦.
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And◦ in truth I say to you, Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut··up for three years and six months, when◦ a great famine was on all the land.
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And to none of them was Elijah sent except to◦ Sarepta of Sidon, to a woman, a widow.
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And many lepers were in Israel in▫ the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was··cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.
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And all in the synagogue, hearing these things, were filled with wrath.
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And standing up, they cast Him outside the city, and led◦ Him to the brow of the mountain on which their city was built, to throw Him down··a··cliff.
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But◦ He, passing through the midst of them, went away.
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And He came down◦ to◦ Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on▵ the Sabbaths.
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And they wondered at His teaching; for His word was with authority.
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And in the synagogue was a man having the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a great voice,
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saying, Ah◦! What◦ is there to me and to Thee*, Jesus of··Nazareth? Art Thou come to destroy us? I know◦ Thee, who Thou art, the Holy One of God.
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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be··speechless, and come··out of him. And the demon, having thrown him into the middle, came··out of him, harming him not··at··all◦.
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And astonishment came··upon◦ all, and they spoke to one··another, saying, What◦ a word this is! For with authority and power He orders◦ the unclean spirits, and they come··out.
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And the report◦ concerning Him went··out into every place in the countryside.
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And◦ He arose again out of the synagogue, and went into the house of Simon; and◦ Simon’s mother-in-law was beset with a great fever, and they besought Him for her.
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And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and◦ immediately she stood··up and ministered to them.
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And◦ at the setting◦ of the sun, all, as··many··as had any that were··sick of different diseases, brought◦ them to Him; and◦ He◦, laying· the hands ·on every◦ one of them, cured them.
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And◦ demons also came··out from many, crying··out and saying, Thou art the Christ, the Son of God. And rebuking them, He allowed them not to speak; for they knew◦ Him to be the Christ.
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And◦ when it became day, going··out▵, He went into a wilderness place; and the crowds sought Him, and came up··to Him, and detained Him that He should not◦ go from them.
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And◦ He said◦ to them, I must bring··good··tidings of the kingdom of God to the··other◦ cities also, because for◦ this I have been sent◦.
