Dual Panel1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
2forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days, and [when] they were completed, he was hungry.
3So the devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order this stone that it become bread!
4And Jesus replied to him, "It is written, ‘Man will not live on bread alone.’"
5And he led him up [and] showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want.
7So if you will worship before me, all [this] will be yours.
8And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’"
9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,
10for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’
11and ‘on [their] hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’"
12And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is said, ‘You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.’"
13And [when] the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a favorable time.
14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him went out throughout all the surrounding region.
15And he began to teach in their synagogues, [and] was praised by all.
16And he came to Nazareth, where _he had been brought up_, and according to _his custom_ he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.
17And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll he found the place where it was written,
18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,
19to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord."
20And he rolled up the scroll [and] gave [it] back to the attendant [and] sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were looking intently at him.
21And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.
22And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?
23And he said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ Whatever we have heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also!
24And he said, "Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] hometown.
25But in truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three years and six months while a great famine took place over all the land.
26And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath [in the region] of Sidon, to a woman [who was] a widow.
27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was made clean except Naaman the Syrian.
28And all [those] in the synagogue were filled with anger [when they] heard these [things].
29And they stood up [and] forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
30But he passed through their midst [and] went on his way.
31And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.
32And they were astounded at his teaching, because _he spoke_ with authority.
33And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
34Ha! _Leave us alone_, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!
35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent and come out of him!" And [after] throwing him down in their midst, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.
36And amazement came upon [them] all, and they began to talk with one another, saying, "What word [is] this? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!
37And news about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.
38And [after he] set out from the synagogue, he went into Simon’s house. And Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a high fever, and they asked him on behalf of her.
39And he stood over her [and] rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she got up [and] began to serve them.
40Now [as] the sun was setting, all who had those who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and placing [his] hands on every one of them, he healed them.
41And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Son of God!" And he rebuked [them] [and] did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
42And [when it] was day, he departed [and] went to an isolated place. And the crowds were seeking him, and came to him and were trying to prevent him from departing from them.
43But he said to them, "It is necessary [for] me to proclaim the good news [of] the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this [purpose].
44And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.