Jesus came back from the Jordan full of the Holy Spirit. He was led by
the Spirit into the wilderness, and for forty days he was tempted by
the devil; and in those days he ate nothing, and when they were
completed he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you really are the
Son of God, tell these st... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION (Luke 4:1-13)... [ Continue Reading ]
So Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and the story
of him spread throughout the whole countryside. He kept on teaching in
their synagogues; and he was held in high reputation by all.
No sooner had Jesus left the wilderness than he was faced with another
decision. He knew that fo... [ Continue Reading ]
So Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been brought up; and, as was
his habit, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood
up to read the lesson. The roll of the prophet Isaiah was given to
him. He opened the roll and found the passage where it is written,
"The Spirit of the Lord is... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and he was teaching
them on the Sabbath day; and they were astonished at his teaching
because his speech was with authority. There was in the synagogue a
man who had a spirit of an unclean demon and he cried out with a loud
voice, "What have we to do... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus left the synagogue and came into Simon's house; and Simon's
mother-in-law was in the grip of a major fever. They asked him to do
something for her. He stood over her and rebuked the fever and it left
her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.
Here Luke the doctor writes. In the grip... [ Continue Reading ]
When the sun was setting all who had friends who were ill with all
kinds of sicknesses brought them to Jesus; and he laid his hands upon
each one of them and cured them. Out of many there came demons,
shouting out and saying, "You are the Son of God." And he rebuked them
and would not allow them to... [ Continue Reading ]