4:9. And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the
temple and said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from
hence.
4:10. For it is written that He hath given his angels charge over thee
that they keep thee.
4:11. And that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest perhaps
thou dash thy foot against a stone.
4:12. And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God.
4:13. And all the temptation being ended, the devil departed from him
for a time.
4:14. And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit, into Galilee: and
the fame of him went out through the whole country.
4:15. And he taught in their synagogues and was magnified by all.
4:16. And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went
into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day: and he
rose up to read.
4:17. And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as
he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written:
4:18. The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me
to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite
of heart,
4:19. To preach deliverance to the captives and sight to the blind, to
set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of
the Lord and the day of reward.
4:20. And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister
and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
4:21. And he began to say to them: This day is fulfilled this scripture
in your ears.
4:22. And all gave testimony to him. And they wondered at the words of
grace that proceeded from his mouth. And they said: Is not this the son
of Joseph?
4:23. And he said to them: Doubtless you will say to me this
similitude: Physician, heal thyself. As great things as we have heard
done in Capharnaum, do also here in thy own country.
4:24. And he said: Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his
own country.
4:25. In truth I say to You, there were many widows in the days of
Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months,
when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.
4:26. And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a
widow woman.
4:27. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the
prophet: and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.
4:28. And all they in the synagogue, hearing these things, were filled
with anger.
4:29. And they rose up and thrust him out of the city: and they brought
him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they
might cast him down headlong.
4:30. But he passing through the midst of them, went his way.
4:31. And he went down into Capharnaum, a city of Galilee: and there he
taught them on the sabbath days.
4:32. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his speech was with
power.
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