The Temptation of Jesus
(Matthew 4:1–11; Mark 1:12–13)
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 1 Mat 4:1-11Act 10:38Mrk 1:12-13Luk 4:18Isa 61:1Jhn 3:34Jhn 1:32Mat 3:16 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. Exo 34:28Heb 4:151Ki 19:8Deu 9:9Heb 2:18Deu 9:18Jhn 4:6Mat 4:2
The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” Mat 4:3Luk 3:22
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’ 2” Deu 8:3Mat 4:4Mat 6:31Eph 6:17Exo 23:25Luk 4:10Luk 4:8Mat 6:25-26
Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 1Jn 2:15-161Co 15:52Eph 6:12Job 20:5Mat 4:8Psa 73:191Co 7:312Co 4:17 “I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. Jhn 12:311Jn 5:19Eph 2:2Jhn 14:30Rev 20:2-31Pe 1:24Rev 13:2Rev 13:7 So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.” Luk 8:28Psa 72:11Rev 22:8Rev 5:8Isa 45:14Isa 46:6Luk 17:16Mat 2:11
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’ 3” Deu 6:13Deu 10:20Mat 4:10Psa 83:18Rev 19:101Sa 7:3Jas 4:7Rev 22:9
Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here. Mat 4:5-6Luk 4:3Mat 8:29Rom 1:42Ch 3:4Job 2:6 For it is written: Psa 91:11-12Heb 1:142Co 11:14Luk 4:3Luk 4:8
‘He will command His angels concerning You
to guard You carefully;
and they will lift You up in their hands, Psa 91:12
so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’ 4”
But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ 5” Deu 6:161Co 10:9Heb 3:8-9Mal 3:15Mat 4:7Psa 106:14Psa 95:9
When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time. Jas 4:7Heb 4:15Jhn 14:30Mat 4:11
Jesus Begins His Ministry
(Isaiah 9:1–7; Matthew 4:12–17; Mark 1:14–15)
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region. Act 10:37Mat 4:23-25Mat 4:12Mrk 1:28Jhn 4:43Luk 4:37Mrk 1:14Mat 9:26 He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone. Mat 4:23Isa 55:5Mat 9:8Mrk 1:39Mrk 1:45Luk 13:10Mat 13:54Mat 9:35
The Rejection at Nazareth
(Isaiah 61:1–11; Matthew 13:53–58; Mark 6:1–6)
Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read, Mat 2:23Mat 13:54-55Mrk 6:1-3Act 13:14-16Act 17:2Luk 2:51Jhn 18:20Luk 2:39 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written: Isa 61:1-3Act 13:15Act 7:42Act 13:27Luk 20:42
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, Isa 61:1Mat 11:5Psa 146:7-8Act 10:38Luk 7:22Act 26:18Isa 42:7Jhn 12:46
because He has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives 6
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 7 Isa 61:2Isa 63:4Luk 19:422Co 6:1Lev 25:50-54Lev 25:8-13Num 36:4
Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him, Luk 4:17Jhn 8:2Act 16:13Luk 19:48Luk 5:3Mat 5:1-2Act 13:14-16Mat 13:1-2 and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Jhn 4:25-26Act 3:18Mat 13:14Luk 10:23-24Act 2:16-18Act 2:29-33Jhn 5:39
All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked. Mat 13:54-56Psa 45:2Act 6:10Jhn 6:42Mrk 6:2-3Ecc 12:10-11Jhn 7:46Isa 50:4
Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’” Mat 11:23-24Jhn 4:46-53Jhn 2:3-4Mrk 2:1-12Rom 2:21-22Mat 4:13Mrk 6:12Co 5:16
Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown. Mat 13:57Jhn 4:44Mrk 6:4-5Act 22:3Act 22:18-22Jhn 4:41 But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. 1Ki 17:1Jas 5:171Ki 18:1-2Mat 20:15Mrk 7:26-29Isa 55:8Luk 10:21Rom 9:15 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon. 1Ki 17:9-24Mat 11:21Oba 1:20 And there were many lepers 8in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” 2Ki 5:1-27Jhn 17:121Ki 19:19-21Mat 12:4Dan 4:35Job 36:23Job 21:22Job 33:13
On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged. Act 22:21-23Act 7:54Jer 37:15-161Th 2:15-162Ch 24:20-21Act 5:33Jer 38:6Luk 11:53-54 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff. Jhn 8:59Act 21:28-32Heb 13:12Jhn 15:24-25Jhn 8:37Act 16:23-24Act 7:57-58Jhn 8:40 But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way. Jhn 10:39Jhn 8:59Jhn 18:6-7Act 12:18
Jesus Expels an Unclean Spirit
(Mark 1:21–28)
Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people. Mat 4:13Mrk 1:21-28Act 17:1-3Act 13:50Act 14:19-21Act 14:6-7Act 17:10-11Mat 10:23 They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority. Luk 4:36Mat 7:28-292Co 10:4-5Heb 4:12-131Th 1:5Jhn 6:63Tit 2:151Co 14:24-25
In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice, Mrk 1:23 “Ha! 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!” Mrk 1:24Jas 2:19Mat 8:29Act 3:14Luk 1:35Rev 3:7Gen 3:15Luk 4:41
But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him. Luk 4:39Luk 4:41Mat 8:26Act 16:17-18Mrk 3:11-12Mrk 9:26Rev 12:12Luk 11:22
All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” Luk 4:32Mrk 16:17-20Mrk 7:371Pe 3:22Act 19:12-16Luk 10:17-20Mat 12:22-23Mrk 1:27 And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region. Mrk 1:45Isa 52:13Luk 4:14Mat 4:23-25Mat 9:26Mrk 6:14Mrk 1:28
Jesus Heals at Peter’s House
(Matthew 8:14–17; Mark 1:29–34)
After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf, Mat 8:14-15Mrk 1:29-31Jas 5:14-15Jhn 11:22Jhn 11:3Luk 7:3-41Co 9:5Mat 15:23 and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them. Luk 4:41Luk 4:35Luk 8:24Luk 8:2-32Co 5:14-15Psa 116:12
At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them. Mat 8:16-17Mrk 1:32-34Mrk 5:23Act 19:12Mrk 3:10Act 5:15Luk 7:21-23Mat 11:5 Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ. Mrk 1:34Jas 2:19Act 16:17-18Jhn 20:31Luk 4:34-35Mat 26:63Mat 4:3Mrk 3:11
Jesus Preaches in Judea
(Mark 1:35–39)
At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving. Luk 6:12Mrk 1:35-38Jhn 4:34Jhn 6:24Luk 24:29Luk 8:37-38Mat 14:13-14Mrk 1:45 But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.” Mrk 1:38-392Ti 4:2Jhn 6:38-40Jhn 20:21Act 10:38Isa 61:1-3Jhn 9:4Mrk 1:14-15
And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea. 9 Mat 4:23Mrk 1:39Luk 4:15