Isusove kušnje
(Mt 4:1-11; Mk 1:12-13)
1Isus je pun Svetoga Duha otišao s Jordana. Duh ga odvede u pustinju, 2gdje ga je četrdeset dana kušao đavao. Sve te dane nije ništa jeo pa je po njihovu isteku bio vrlo gladan.
3Đavao mu reče: “Ako si Božji Sin, reci ovom kamenju da postane kruhom.”
4Ali Isus mu odgovori: “U Svetome pismu piše:
‘Ne živi čovjek samo o kruhu.’”4:4 Ponovljeni zakon 8:3.
5Đavao ga zatim povede visoko te mu odjednom pokaže sva kraljevstva svijeta. 6Reče mu: “Dat ću ti vlast nad njima i njihovu slavu jer su moja i mogu ih dati kome hoću. 7Pokloni se preda mnom i sve je tvoje!”
8Isus mu odgovori: “U Svetome pismu piše:
‘Klanjaj se samo Bogu i njemu jedinome služi!’”4:8 Ponovljeni zakon 6:13.
9Tada ga đavao odvede u Jeruzalem, na vrh Hrama i reče: “Ako si Božji Sin, skoči odavde! 10Jer Sveto pismo kaže:
‘On zapovijeda svojim anđelima da te čuvaju’
11i ‘oni će te svojim rukama zadržati
da ni nogom o kamen ne udariš.’”4:10-11 Psalam 91:11-12.
12Isus mu odgovori: “Sveto pismo također kaže:
‘Ne iskušavaj Gospodina Boga svojega!’”4:12 Ponovljeni zakon 6:16.
13Pošto je đavao iscrpio sve kušnje, udalji se od njega do druge prigode.
Isusa ne prihvaćaju u Nazaretu
(Mt 4:12-17; Mk 1:14-15)
14Isus se zatim vrati u Galileju pun sile Svetoga Duha. Glas o njemu brzo se pronio cijelim krajem. 15Poučavao je u tamošnjim sinagogama i svi su ga slavili.
Isusa odbacuju u Nazaretu
(Mt 13:54-58; Mk 6:1-6)
16Dođe tako i u Nazaret, u kojemu je odrastao. U subotu kao i obično ode u sinagogu i ustane da čita iz Svetoga pisma. 17Pruže mu svitak proroka Izaije, a on ga odmota te pronađe mjesto gdje piše:
18“Duh Gospodnji je na meni
jer me je pomazao i poslao
da donesem Radosnu vijest siromasima,
da navijestim: sužnji će se osloboditi,
slijepci će vidjeti,
potlačeni će biti slobodni;
19da navijestim godinu milosti Gospodnje.”4:18-19 Izaija 58:5-6; 61:1-2.
20Smota zatim svitak, vrati ga poslužitelju i sjedne. Oči svih u sinagogi bile su uprte u njega. 21On im reče: “Ovaj se navod iz Svetog pisma, koji vam još odzvanja u ušima, danas obistinio!”
22Svi su mu povlađivali. Divili su se milini riječi koje su tekle s njegovih usana. “Nije li on Josipov sin?” pitali su.
23A on im reče: “Zacijelo ćete mi navesti onu poslovicu: ‘Liječniče, izliječi samoga sebe!’ Učini ovdje, u svojem zavičaju, ono što smo čuli da si učinio u Kafarnaumu. 24Ali uistinu, nijedan prorok nije prihvaćen u svojem zavičaju.
25Zaista vam kažem, u Ilijino doba, kad je nebo ostalo zatvoreno tri i pol godine i kad je po svoj zemlji zavladala silna glad, u Izraelu je bilo mnogo udovica. 26Ali Ilija nije poslan nijednoj od njih, već nekoj udovici u Sarfati, u sidonskome kraju. 27U Elizejevo je doba u Izraelu bilo mnogo gubavaca, ali od gube nije ozdravio nijedan od njih, već Sirijac Naaman.”
28Na te se riječi svi u sinagogi razgnjeve, 29ustanu i istjeraju ga iz grada te ga odvedu na liticu brijega na kojemu je bio izgrađen grad s nakanom da ga bace niz nju. 30Ali on samo prođe kroz mnoštvo i ode svojim putem.
Isus istjeruje zloduha
(Mk 1:21-28)
31Ode zatim u galilejski grad Kafarnaum te je ondje subotom poučavao. 32Ljudi su bili zadivljeni njegovim učenjem jer je govorio kao onaj koji ima vlast.
33U sinagogi se zatekao čovjek opsjednut nečistim duhom koji počne vikati na sav glas: 34“Zašto nas uznemiruješ, Isuse Nazarećanine? Zar si nas došao uništiti? Znam tko si: ti si Svetac Božji!”
35Isus mu zaprijeti: “Umukni i iziđi iz njega!” Nato zloduh obori čovjeka ondje među ljudima na zemlju, ali zatim iziđe iz njega i ne naudi mu više.
36Svi nazočni silno se zaprepaste. “Kakve li riječi! Takvom vlašću i silom zapovijeda nečistim duhovima da mu se pokoravaju i oni izlaze!” 37I glas o njemu pronese se po svoj okolici.
Mnoga ozdravljenja
(Mt 8:14-16; Mk 1:29-34)
38Iz sinagoge Isus ode u Šimunovu kuću. A Šimunova je punica bila u velikoj vrućici te ga oni odmah zamole da joj pomogne. 39Isus se nagne nad nju te zaprijeti vrućici, a ona nestane. Žena odmah ustane i počne ih posluživati.
40Kad je sunce uvečer zašlo, svi koji su imali bolesnike s najrazličitijim bolestima doveli su ih k njemu. On je na sve polagao ruke i ozdravljao ih. 41Iz mnogih su opsjednutih izlazili zlodusi i vikali: “Ti si Božji Sin!” Ali on im je zabranjivao da govore zato što su znali da je on Mesija.
Isus propovijeda u Galileji
(Mk 1:35-38)
42U zoru sljedećeg jutra Isus ode na pusto mjesto, a mnoštvo ga je tražilo. Kad su ga pronašli, nisu ga htjeli pustiti da ode od njih, 43ali on im reče: “Moram ići i drugim gradovima navijestiti Radosnu vijest o Božjem kraljevstvu jer sam poslan da to činim.” 44Propovijedao je tako po judejskim sinagogama.
Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2where for forty days he was tempted4:2 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested. by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
4Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’4:4 Deut. 8:3”
5The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7If you worship me, it will all be yours.”
8Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’4:8 Deut. 6:13”
9The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10For it is written:
“ ‘He will command his angels concerning you
to guard you carefully;
11they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’4:11 Psalm 91:11,12”
12Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’4:12 Deut. 6:16”
13When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”4:19 Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6
20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
22All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.
23Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’ ”
24“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. 26Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27And there were many in Israel with leprosy4:27 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin. in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
28All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. 30But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.
Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit
31Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. 32They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.
33In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, 34“Go away! 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!”
35“Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly. “Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.
36All the people were amazed and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!” 37And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.
Jesus Heals Many
38Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. 39So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.
40At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. 41Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.
42At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. 43But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” 44And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
