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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 of Luke—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, 2returned from the Jordan and was led around [a]by the Spirit in the wilderness
  2. for 3forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.
  3. And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
  4. And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘4MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’”
  5. 5And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of [b]6the world in a moment of time.
  6. And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this domain and [c]its glory; 7for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
  7. Therefore if You [d]worship before me, it shall all be Yours.”
  8. Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘8YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.’”
  9. 9And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;
  10. for it is written,
    ¶ ‘10HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU,’
  11. ¶ and,
    ¶ ‘11ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP,
    SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’”
  12. ¶ And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘12YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’”
  13. ¶ When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
  14. ¶ And 13Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and 14news about Him spread through all the surrounding district.
  15. And He began 15teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.
  16. ¶ And He came to 16Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, 17He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and 18stood up to read.
  17. And the [e]book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the [f]book and found the place where it was written,
  18. ¶ “19THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,
    BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR.
    HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES,
    AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
    TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,
  19. 20TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.”
  20. ¶ And He 21closed the [g]book, gave it back to the attendant and 22sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
  21. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your [h]hearing.”
  22. And all were [i]speaking well of Him, and wondering at the [j]gracious words which [k]were falling from His lips; and they were saying, “23Is this not Joseph’s son?”
  23. And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done 24at Capernaum, do here in 25your hometown as well.’”
  24. And He said, “Truly I say to you, 26no prophet is welcome in his hometown.
  25. But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel 27in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
  26. and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but 28only to [l]Zarephath, in the land of 29Sidon, to a woman who 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 30only Naaman the Syrian.”
  28. And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;
  29. and they got up and 31drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.
  30. But 32passing through their midst, He went His way.
  31. ¶ And 33He came down to 34Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;
  32. and 35they were amazed at His teaching, for 36His [m]message was with authority.
  33. In the synagogue there was a man [n]possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
  34. “Let us alone! [o]37What business do we have with each other, Jesus [p]of 38Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—39the Holy One of God!”
  35. But Jesus 40rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm.
  36. And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, “What is [q]this message? For 41with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out.”
  37. And 42the report about Him was spreading into every locality in the surrounding district.
  38. 43Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was 44suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him [r]to help her.
  39. And standing over her, He 45rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and [s]waited on them.
  40. 46While 47the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and 48laying His hands on each one of them, He was 49healing them.
  41. Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are 50the Son of God!” But 51rebuking them, He would 52not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be [t]the Christ.
  42. 53When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them.
  43. But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, 54for I was sent for this purpose.”
  44. ¶ So He kept on preaching in the synagogues 55of [u]Judea.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or under the influence of; lit in
  2. ^ Lit the inhabited earth
  3. ^ Lit their (referring to the kingdoms in v 5)
  4. ^ Or bow down before
  5. ^ Or scroll
  6. ^ Or scroll
  7. ^ Or scroll
  8. ^ Lit ears
  9. ^ Or testifying
  10. ^ Or words of grace
  11. ^ Lit were proceeding out of His mouth
  12. ^ Gr Sarepta
  13. ^ Lit word
  14. ^ Lit having a spirit
  15. ^ Lit What to us and to you (a Heb idiom)
  16. ^ Lit the Nazarene
  17. ^ Or this word, that with authority...come out?
  18. ^ Lit about her
  19. ^ Or served
  20. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  21. ^ I.e. the country of the Jews (including Galilee)

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Lu 4:1-13; Mt 4:1-11; Mr 1:12, 13
  2. ^ Lu 3:3
  3. ^ Ex 34:28; 1Ki 19:8
  4. ^ De 8:3
  5. ^ Mt 4:8-10
  6. ^ Mt 24:14
  7. ^ 1Jo 5:19
  8. ^ De 6:13; 10:20; Mt 4:10
  9. ^ Mt 4:5-7
  10. ^ Ps 91:11
  11. ^ Ps 91:12
  12. ^ De 6:16
  13. ^ Mt 4:12
  14. ^ Mt 9:26; Lu 4:37
  15. ^ Mt 4:23
  16. ^ Lu 2:39, 51
  17. ^ Mt 13:54; Mr 6:1f
  18. ^ Ac 13:14-16
  19. ^ Is 61:1; Mt 11:5; 12:18; Jn 3:34
  20. ^ Is 61:2; Le 25:10
  21. ^ Lu 4:17
  22. ^ Mt 26:55
  23. ^ Mt 13:55; Mr 6:3; Jn 6:42
  24. ^ Mt 4:13; Mr 1:21ff; 2:1ff; Lu 4:35ff; Jn 4:46ff
  25. ^ Mr 6:1; Lu 2:39, 51; 4:16
  26. ^ Mt 13:57; Mr 6:4; Jn 4:44
  27. ^ 1Ki 17:1; 18:1; Jm 5:17
  28. ^ 1Ki 17:9
  29. ^ Mt 11:21
  30. ^ 2Ki 5:1-14
  31. ^ Nu 15:35; Ac 7:58; Heb 13:12
  32. ^ Jn 10:39
  33. ^ Lu 4:31-37; Mr 1:21-28
  34. ^ Mt 4:13; Lu 4:23
  35. ^ Mt 7:28
  36. ^ Lu 4:36; Jn 7:46
  37. ^ Mt 8:29
  38. ^ Mr 1:24
  39. ^ Mr 1:24
  40. ^ Mt 8:26; Mr 4:39; Lu 4:39, 41; 8:24
  41. ^ Lu 4:32
  42. ^ Lu 4:14
  43. ^ Lu 4:38-39; Mt 8:14, 15; Mr 1:29-31
  44. ^ Mt 4:24
  45. ^ Lu 4:35, 41
  46. ^ Lu 4:40-41; Mt 8:16, 17; Mr 1:32-34
  47. ^ Mr 1:32
  48. ^ Mr 5:23
  49. ^ Mt 4:23
  50. ^ Mt 4:3
  51. ^ Lu 4:35
  52. ^ Mt 8:16; Mr 1:34
  53. ^ Lu 4:42-43; Mr 1:35-38
  54. ^ Mr 1:38
  55. ^ Mt 4:23

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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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