1 Jesus, cheio do Espírito Santo, voltou do Jordão e foi guiado pelo mesmo Espírito, no deserto, 2 durante quarenta dias, sendo tentado pelo diabo. Nada comeu naqueles dias, ao fim dos quais teve fome. 3 Disse-lhe, então, o diabo: Se és o Filho de Deus, manda que esta pedra se transforme em pão. 4 Mas Jesus lhe respondeu: Está escrito:

Não só de pão viverá o homem.

5 E, elevando-o, mostrou-lhe, num momento, todos os reinos do mundo. 6 Disse-lhe o diabo: Dar-te-ei toda esta autoridade e a glória destes reinos, porque ela me foi entregue, e a dou a quem eu quiser. 7 Portanto, se prostrado me adorares, toda será tua. 8 Mas Jesus lhe respondeu: Está escrito:

Ao Senhor, teu Deus, adorarás e só a ele darás culto.

9 Então, o levou a Jerusalém, e o colocou sobre o pináculo do templo, e disse: Se és o Filho de Deus, atira-te daqui abaixo; 10 porque está escrito:

Aos seus anjos ordenará a teu respeito que te guardem;

11 e:

Eles te susterão nas suas mãos, para não tropeçares nalguma pedra.

12 Respondeu-lhe Jesus: Dito está:

Não tentarás o Senhor, teu Deus.

13 Passadas que foram as tentações de toda sorte, apartou-se dele o diabo, até momento oportuno.

14 Então, Jesus, no poder do Espírito, regressou para a Galileia, e a sua fama correu por toda a circunvizinhança. 15 E ensinava nas sinagogas, sendo glorificado por todos.

16 Indo para Nazaré, onde fora criado, entrou, num sábado, na sinagoga, segundo o seu costume, e levantou-se para ler. 17 Então, lhe deram o livro do profeta Isaías, e, abrindo o livro, achou o lugar onde estava escrito:

18 O Espírito do Senhor está sobre mim, pelo que me ungiu para evangelizar os pobres; enviou-me para proclamar libertação aos cativos e restauração da vista aos cegos, para pôr em liberdade os oprimidos,

19 e apregoar o ano aceitável do Senhor.

20 Tendo fechado o livro, devolveu-o ao assistente e sentou-se; e todos na sinagoga tinham os olhos fitos nele. 21 Então, passou Jesus a dizer-lhes: Hoje, se cumpriu a Escritura que acabais de ouvir. 22 Todos lhe davam testemunho, e se maravilhavam das palavras de graça que lhe saíam dos lábios, e perguntavam: Não é este o filho de José? 23 Disse-lhes Jesus: Sem dúvida, citar-me-eis este provérbio: Médico, cura-te a ti mesmo; tudo o que ouvimos ter-se dado em Cafarnaum, faze-o também aqui na tua terra. 24 E prosseguiu: De fato, vos afirmo que nenhum profeta é bem-recebido na sua própria terra. 25 Na verdade vos digo que muitas viúvas havia em Israel no tempo de Elias, quando o céu se fechou por três anos e seis meses, reinando grande fome em toda a terra; 26 e a nenhuma delas foi Elias enviado, senão a uma viúva de Sarepta de Sidom. 27 Havia também muitos leprosos em Israel nos dias do profeta Eliseu, e nenhum deles foi purificado, senão Naamã, o siro. 28 Todos na sinagoga, ouvindo estas coisas, se encheram de ira. 29 E, levantando-se, expulsaram-no da cidade e o levaram até ao cimo do monte sobre o qual estava edificada, para, de lá, o precipitarem abaixo. 30 Jesus, porém, passando por entre eles, retirou-se.

31 E desceu a Cafarnaum, cidade da Galileia, e os ensinava no sábado. 32 E muito se maravilhavam da sua doutrina, porque a sua palavra era com autoridade. 33 Achava-se na sinagoga um homem possesso de um espírito de demônio imundo, e bradou em alta voz: 34 Ah! Que temos nós contigo, Jesus Nazareno? Vieste para perder-nos? Bem sei quem és: o Santo de Deus! 35 Mas Jesus o repreendeu, dizendo: Cala-te e sai deste homem. O demônio, depois de o ter lançado por terra no meio de todos, saiu dele sem lhe fazer mal. 36 Todos ficaram grandemente admirados e comentavam entre si, dizendo: Que palavra é esta, pois, com autoridade e poder, ordena aos espíritos imundos, e eles saem? 37 E a sua fama corria por todos os lugares da circunvizinhança.

38 Deixando ele a sinagoga, foi para a casa de Simão. Ora, a sogra de Simão achava-se enferma, com febre muito alta; e rogaram-lhe por ela. 39 Inclinando-se ele para ela, repreendeu a febre, e esta a deixou; e logo se levantou, passando a servi-los.

40 Ao pôr do sol, todos os que tinham enfermos de diferentes moléstias lhos traziam; e ele os curava, impondo as mãos sobre cada um. 41 Também de muitos saíam demônios, gritando e dizendo: Tu és o Filho de Deus! Ele, porém, os repreendia para que não falassem, pois sabiam ser ele o Cristo.

42 Sendo dia, saiu e foi para um lugar deserto; as multidões o procuravam, e foram até junto dele, e instavam para que não os deixasse. 43 Ele, porém, lhes disse: É necessário que eu anuncie o evangelho do reino de Deus também às outras cidades, pois para isso é que fui enviado. 44 E pregava nas sinagogas da Judeia.

1 Then Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,2 where he was being tempted by the devil for forty days. During those days he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he was hungry.3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."4 Jesus answered him,"It is written,‘One must not live on bread alone,but on every word of God.’"5 The devil also took him to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant.6 He said to Jesus, "I will give you all this authority and the glory of these kingdoms. For it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please.7 So if you will worship me, all this will be yours."8 But Jesus answered him,"It is written,‘You must worship the Lord your Godand serve only him.’"9 The devil also took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. He said to Jesus, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.10 For it is written, ‘God will put his angels in charge of youto watch over you carefully.11 With their hands they will hold you up,so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.’"12 Jesus answered him,"It has been said,‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’"13 After the devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, he left him until another time.14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Holy Spirit. Meanwhile, the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.15 He began to teach in their synagogues and was continuously receiving praise from everyone.16 Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been raised. As was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. When he stood up to read,17 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed me to tellthe good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisonersand recovery of sight to the blind,to set oppressed people free,19 and to announce the year of the Lord's favor."20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.21 Then he began to say to them,"Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."22 All the people began to speak well of him and to wonder at the gracious words that flowed from his mouth. They said, "This is Joseph's son, isn't it?"23 So he said to them,"You will probably quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, heal yourself! Do all the things here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.’"24 He added,"Truly I tell you, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.25 In truth I tell you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the heaven was closed for three years and six months and there was a severe famine everywhere in the land.26 Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.27 There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."28 All the people in the synagogue became furious when they heard this.29 They got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their city was built, intending to throw him off of it.30 But he walked right through the middle of them and went away.31 Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and began teaching the people on the Sabbath.32 They were utterly amazed at his teaching, because his message was spoken with authority.33 In the synagogue was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. He screamed with a loud voice,34 "Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!"35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying,"Be quiet, and come out of him!" At this, the demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out of him without hurting him.36 Amazement came on all of them, and they kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? For with authority and power he tells the unclean spirits what to do, and they come out!"37 So news about him spread to every place in the surrounding region.38 Then Jesus got up to leave the synagogue and went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, so they asked Jesus about her.39 He bent over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began serving them.40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and began healing them.41 Even demons came out of many people, screaming, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.42 At daybreak he left and went to a deserted place, while the crowds kept looking for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them.43 But he said to them,"I have to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God in the other cities also, for that is what I was sent to do."44 So he continued to preach in the synagogues of Galilee.