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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 of Luke—American Standard Version (ASV)

  1. ¶ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness
  2. during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.
  3. And the devil said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become [a]bread.
  4. And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, 1Man shall not live by bread alone.
  5. And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of [b]the world in a moment of time.
  6. And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
  7. If thou therefore wilt [c]2worship before me, it shall all be thine.
  8. And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
  9. And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the [d]pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
  10. for it is written,
    3He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee:
  11. ¶ and,
    ¶ On their hands they shall bear thee up,
    ¶ Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
  12. ¶ And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, 4Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.
  13. ¶ And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him [e]for a season.
  14. ¶ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about.
  15. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
  16. ¶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.
  17. And there was delivered unto him [f]the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the [g]book, and found the place where it was written,
  18. 5The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    [h]Because he anointed me to preach [i]good tidings to the poor:
    ¶ He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives,
    ¶ And recovering of sight to the blind,
    ¶ To set at liberty them that are bruised,
  19. ¶ To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
  20. ¶ And he closed the [j]book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
  21. And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.
  22. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
  23. And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country.
  24. And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
  25. But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
  26. and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to [k]Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
  27. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
  28. And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things;
  29. and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.
  30. But he passing through the midst of them went his way.
  31. ¶ And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day:
  32. and they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority.
  33. And in the synagogue there was a man, that had a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice,
  34. [l]Ah! what have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
  35. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him no hurt.
  36. And amazement came upon all, and they spake together, one with another, saying, What is [m]this word? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
  37. And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the region round about.
  38. ¶ And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And Simon’s wife’s mother was holden with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
  39. And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she rose up and ministered unto them.
  40. ¶ And when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
  41. And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
  42. ¶ And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.
  43. But he said unto them, I must preach [n]the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also: for therefore was I sent.
  44. ¶ And he was preaching in the synagogues of [o]Galilee.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, a loaf
  2. ^ Greek the inhabited earth.
  3. ^ The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to a creature, or to the Creator (compare marginal note on Mt. 2:2)
  4. ^ Greek wing.
  5. ^ Or, until
  6. ^ Or, a roll
  7. ^ Or, roll
  8. ^ Or, Wherefore
  9. ^ Or, the gospel
  10. ^ Or, roll
  11. ^ Greek Sarepta.
  12. ^ Or, Let alone
  13. ^ Or, this word, that with authority . . . come out?
  14. ^ Or, the gospel
  15. ^ Very many ancient authorities read Judaea.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ De 8:3
  2. ^ Mt 2:2
  3. ^ Ps 91:11, 12
  4. ^ De 6:16
  5. ^ Is 61

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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