Luke 4:19 998 998 Luke 5:11
to set the oppressed free , 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord ’ s favor .” a
20 Then he rolled up the scroll , gave it back to the at ten dant and sat down . The eyes of ev ery one in the syn a gogue were fas tened on him . 21 He be gan by say ing to them , “ To day this scrip ture is ful filled in your hearing .”
22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gra cious words that came from his lips . “ Isn ’ t this Jo seph ’ s son ?” they asked .
23 Jesus said to them , “ Sure ly you will quote this prov erb to me : ‘ Phy si cian , heal your self !’ And you will tell me , ‘ Do here in your home town what we have heard that you did in Capernaum .’ ”
24 “ Tru ly I tell you ,” he con tin ued , “ no proph et is ac cept ed in his home town . 25 I assure you that there were many widows in Is ra el in Eli jah ’ s time , when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a se vere fam ine through out the land . 26 Yet Eli jah was not sent to any of them , but to a wid ow in Zar e phath in the re gion of Si don . 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy b in the time of Elisha the proph et , yet not one of them was cleansed — only Naaman the Syrian .”
28 All the peo ple in the syn a gogue were furious when they heard this . 29 They got up , drove him out of the town , and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built , in or der to throw him off the cliff . 30 But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way .
Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit
31 Then he went down to Ca per na um , a town in Gal i lee , and on the Sab bath he taught the peo ple . 32 They were amazed at his teach ing , be cause his words had authority .
33 In the syn a gogue there was a man pos sessed by a de mon , an im pure spir it . He cried out at the top of his voice , 34 “ Go away ! What do you want with us , Jesus of Naz a reth ? Have you come to de stroy us ? I know who you are — the Holy One of God !”
35 “ Be quiet !” Jesus said sternly . “ Come out of him !” Then the de mon threw the man down be fore them all and came out without injuring him .
36 All the peo ple were amazed and said to each oth er , “ What words these are ! With au thor i ty and pow er he gives or ders to im pure spir its and they come out !” 37 And the news about him spread through out the surrounding area .
Jesus Heals Many
38 Jesus left the syn a gogue and went to the home of Si mon . Now Si mon ’ s moth er-in-law was suf fer ing from a high fe ver , and they asked Jesus to help her . 39 So he bent over her and re buked the fe ver , and it left her . She got up at once and be gan to wait on them .
40 At sun set , the peo ple brought to Jesus all who had var i ous kinds of sick ness , and lay ing his hands on each one , he healed them . 41 More over , de mons came out of many peo ple , shout ing , “ You are the Son of God !” But he re buked them and would not al low them to speak , be cause they knew he was the Mes si ah .
42 At day break , Jesus went out to a soli tary place . The peo ple were look ing for him and when they came to where he was , they tried to keep him from leav ing them . 43 But he said , “ I must pro claim the good news of the king dom of God to the oth er towns also , be cause that is why I was sent .” 44 And he kept on preach ing in the synagogues of Judea .
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
One day as Jesus was stand ing by the c
5 Lake of Gennesaret , the peo ple were crowd ing around him and lis ten ing to the word of God . 2 He saw at the wa ter ’ s edge two boats , left there by the fish er men , who were washing their nets . 3 He got into one of the boats , the one be long ing to Si mon , and asked him to put out a lit tle from shore . Then he sat down and taught the peo ple from the boat .
4 When he had fin ished speak ing , he said to Si mon , “ Put out into deep wa ter , and let down the nets for a catch .”
5 Si mon an swered , “ Mas ter , we ’ ve worked hard all night and haven ’ t caught any thing . But be cause you say so , I will let down the nets .”
6 When they had done so , they caught such a large num ber of fish that their nets be gan to break . 7 So they sig naled their part ners in the oth er boat to come and help them , and they came and filled both boats so full that they be gan to sink .
8 When Si mon Pe ter saw this , he fell at Jesus ’ knees and said , “ Go away from me , Lord ; I am a sin ful man !” 9 For he and all his com pan ions were as ton ished at the catch of fish they had tak en , 10 and so were James and John , the sons of Zeb e dee , Simon ’ s partners .
Then Jesus said to Si mon , “ Don ’ t be afraid ; from now on you will fish for people .” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore , left ev ery thing and fol lowed him .
a b 19 Isaiah 61:1,2 ( see Septuagint ); Isaiah 58:6 27 The Greek word traditionally translated c leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin . 1 That is , the Sea of Galilee