1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of 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, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son? 23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; 26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, 31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? 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 devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. 36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. 37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken 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 arose and ministered unto them.

40 Now 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 devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. 42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. 43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

1 En Jesus het vol van die Heilige Gees teruggekeer van die Jordaan af, en is deur die Gees in die woestyn gelei,

2 waar Hy veertig dae lank deur die duiwel versoek is; en Hy het niks geëet in die dae nie; en toe hulle verby was, het Hy naderhand honger geword.

3 Toe sê die duiwel vir Hom: As U die Seun van God is, sê vir hierdie klip dat dit brood moet word.

4 Maar Jesus antwoord en sê vir hom: Daar is geskrywe: Die mens sal nie van brood alleen lewe nie, maar van elke woord van God.

5 Toe bring die duiwel Hom op 'n hoë berg en wys Hom al die koninkryke van die wêreld in 'n oomblik se tyd.

6 En die duiwel sê vir Hom: Ek sal U al hierdie mag gee en hulle heerlikheid, want dit is aan my oorgegee, en ek gee dit aan wie ek wil.

7 As U my dan aanbid, sal alles aan U behoort.

8 En Jesus antwoord en sê vir hom: Gaan weg agter My, Satan, want daar is geskrywe: Die Here jou God moet jy aanbid en Hom alleen dien.

9 Toe bring hy Hom na Jerusalem en stel Hom op die dak van die tempel en sê vir Hom: As U die Seun van God is, werp Uself hiervandaan neer.

10 Want daar is geskrywe: Hy sal sy engele bevel gee aangaande U om U te bewaar,

11 en hulle sal U op die hande dra, sodat U nie miskien u voet teen 'n klip stamp nie.

12 En Jesus antwoord en sê vir hom: Daar is gesê: Jy mag die Here jou God nie versoek nie.

13 En toe die duiwel elke versoeking geëindig het, het hy 'n tyd lank van Hom gewyk.

14 En Jesus het in die krag van die Gees na Galil,a teruggekeer, en daar het 'n gerug aangaande Hom deur die hele omtrek uitgegaan;

15 en Hy het in hulle sinagoges geleer en is deur almal geprys.

16 Toe kom Hy in N saret waar Hy opgevoed was; en soos Hy gewoond was, gaan Hy op die sabbatdag in die sinagoge en staan op om te lees.

17 En die boek van die profeet Jesaja is aan Hom oorhandig; en toe Hy die boek oopmaak, kry Hy die plek waar geskrywe is:

18 Die Gees van die Here is op My, omdat Hy My gesalf het om die evangelie aan die armes te bring. Hy het My gestuur om die wat verbryseld van hart is, te genees;

19 om aan gevangenes vrylating te verkondig en aan blindes herstel van gesig; om die wat gebroke is, in vryheid weg te stuur; om die aangename jaar van die Here aan te kondig.

20 En nadat Hy die boek toegemaak en aan die dienaar teruggegee het, gaan Hy sit, en die oë van almal in die sinagoge was op Hom gevestig.

21 Toe begin Hy vir hulle te sê: Vandag is hierdie Skrif in julle ore vervul.

22 En almal het vir Hom getuienis gegee en was verwonderd oor die aangename woorde wat uit sy mond kom; en hulle sê: Is Hy nie die seun van Josef nie?

23 En Hy antwoord hulle: Julle sal My ongetwyfeld hierdie spreekwoord toevoeg: Geneesheer, genees uself! Alles wat ons hoor wat in Kap,rnam gebeur het, doen dit hier in u vaderstad ook.

24 En Hy sê: Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, geen profeet is aangenaam in sy vaderland nie.

25 Maar Ek sê vir julle met waarheid, daar was baie weduwees in Israel in die dae van El¡a toe die hemel toegesluit was drie jaar en ses maande lank, toe daar 'n groot hongersnood gekom het in die hele land,

26 en na nie een van hulle is El¡a gestuur nie, behalwe na Sarfat in Sidon, na 'n weduwee.

27 En daar was baie melaatses in Israel in die tyd van El¡sa, die profeet, en nie een van hulle is gereinig nie, behalwe Na„man, die S¡riër.

28 En almal in die sinagoge is met woede vervul toe hulle dit hoor;

29 en hulle het opgestaan en Hom uit die stad uitgedryf en Hom gebring tot op die rand van die berg waarop hulle stad gebou was, om Hom van die krans af te gooi.

30 Maar Hy het tussen hulle deur geloop en weggegaan.

31 En Hy het afgekom na Kap,rnam, 'n stad van Galil,a, en hulle op die sabbat geleer.

32 En hulle was verslae oor sy leer, want sy woord was met gesag.

33 En in die sinagoge was daar 'n man met die gees van 'n onreine duiwel, en hy het met 'n groot stem uitgeskreeu

34 en gesê: Ha! wat het ons met U te doen, Jesus, Nasar,ner? Het U gekom om ons te verdelg? Ek ken U, wie U is: die Heilige van God!

35 En Jesus het hom bestraf en gesê: Bly stil, en gaan uit hom uit! En die duiwel het hom tussen hulle neergegooi en uit hom uitgegaan sonder om hom seer te maak.

36 Toe kom daar verbaasdheid oor almal, en hulle praat met mekaar en sê: Wat vir 'n woord is dit, dat Hy met gesag en mag die onreine geeste gebied, en hulle gaan uit!

37 En daar het 'n gerug aangaande Hom uitgegaan na elke plek van die omgewing.

38 En Hy het opgestaan uit die sinagoge en in die huis van Simon gekom. En Simon se skoonmoeder was aangetas deur 'n hewige koors, en hulle het Hom geraadpleeg oor haar.

39 Toe gaan Hy oor haar staan en bestraf die koors, en dit het haar verlaat, en sy het onmiddellik opgestaan en hulle bedien.

40 En toe die son ondergaan, het almal hulle siekes, mense met allerhande kwale, na Hom gebring, en Hy het een vir een van hulle die hande opgelê en hulle gesond gemaak.

41 En duiwels het ook uit baie uitgegaan en geskreeu en gesê: U is die Christus, die Seun van God! En Hy het hulle bestraf en nie toegelaat om te praat nie, omdat hulle geweet het dat Hy die Christus was.

42 En toe dit dag geword het, het Hy uitgegaan en na 'n verlate plek vertrek; en die skare het Hom gesoek en by Hom gekom en Hom teëgehou, dat Hy nie van hulle sou weggaan nie.

43 Maar Hy het vir hulle gesê: Ek moet aan die ander stede ook die evangelie van die koninkryk van God bring, want daarvoor is Ek gestuur.

44 En Hy het verder in die sinagoges van Galil,a gepreek.