Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah in the  ¹wilderness.

And he came into all the region surrounding the Jordan, proclaiming a  ¹baptism of repentance  ²for forgiveness of sins,

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,  ¹"A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight His paths.

Every  ¹ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be leveled; and the crooked places shall become a straight way, and the rough ways smooth.

And all  ¹flesh shall see the  ²salvation of God.”

He said therefore to the crowds going out to be baptized by him,  ¹Offspring of vipers, who prompted you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce then fruits worthy of your repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I tell you that God is able out of these stones to  ¹raise up children to Abraham.

And already also the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the  ¹fire.

And the crowds asked him, saying, What then shall we do?

And he answered and said to them, He who has two  ¹tunics, let him share with the one who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.

And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?

And he said to them, Exact nothing more than what you have been ordered to.

And some serving in the military also questioned him, saying, And we, what shall we do? And he said to them, Extort nothing from anyone by force, nor  ¹take anything by false accusation, and be content with your wages.

Now while the people were in  ¹expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might possibly be the Christ,

John answered and said to all, I  ¹baptize you in water, but He who is stronger than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He Himself will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

Whose winnowing fan is in His hand to thoroughly cleanse His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with unquenchable  ¹fire.

So, exhorting them with many other things also, he  ¹announced the gospel to the people.

But Herod the tetrarch, because he was reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil things which Herod did,

Added this also above all: he shut John up in prison.

Now when all the people were baptized and as Jesus was  ¹baptized and was praying, heaven was opened,

And the  ¹Holy Spirit descended in bodily form as a dove upon Him. And a voice came out of heaven: You are My Son, the Beloved; in You I have found My delight.

And He, Jesus, when He began to minister, was about  ¹thirty years old, being,  ²so it was thought, the  ³son of  ⁴Joseph, the son of Heli,

The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of  ¹Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri,

The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

The son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

The son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of  ¹Nathan, the son of David,

The son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

The son of Aminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah,

The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Sala,

The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel, the son of Cainan,

The son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of  ¹Adam, the  ²son of  ³God.

And  ¹Jesus, full of the  ²Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led  ³by the Spirit in the wilderness, while being tempted for forty days by the devil.

And He did not eat anything in those days, and when they were concluded, He became hungry.

And the devil said to Him, If You are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it become bread.

And Jesus answered him, It is written, “Man shall not live on bread  ¹alone.”

And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time.

And the devil said to Him, To You I will give all this authority and their glory, because to me it  ¹has been delivered, and to whomever I want I give it.

If You therefore worship before me, it shall all be Yours.

And Jesus answered and said to  ¹him, It is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you  ²serve.”

And he led Him into Jerusalem and set Him on the  ¹wing of the temple and said to Him, If You are the Son of God, cast Yourself down from here;

For it is written, "To His angels He shall give charge concerning You to protect You,

And on their hands they shall bear You up, lest You strike Your foot against a stone.”

And Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, “You shall not  ¹test the Lord your God.”

And when the devil had concluded every temptation, he went away from Him  ¹until an opportune time.

And Jesus returned in the power of the  ¹Spirit into Galilee. And  ²reports about Him went out through all the surrounding region.

And He  ¹taught in their  ²synagogues and was  ³glorified by all.

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and according to His custom He entered on the Sabbath day into the synagogue and stood up to read.

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

"The  ¹Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to  ²announce the gospel to the  ³poor; He has sent Me to proclaim release to the  ⁴captives, and  ⁵recovery of sight to the  ⁶blind, to send away in release those who are  ⁷oppressed,

To proclaim the  ¹acceptable year of the Lord, the year of jubilee.”

And when He rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

And He began to say to them, Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.

And all bore witness to Him and marveled at the  ¹words of grace proceeding out of His mouth, and they said, Is not this  ²Joseph's son?

And He said to them, Surely you will say this proverb to Me, Physician, heal yourself! What we heard happening in Capernaum, do here also in Your own country.

And He said, Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

But in truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

And to none of them was Elijah sent, except to the city of  ¹Sarepta of Sidon, to a  ²woman who was a widow.

And there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them were cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.

And all in the synagogue were filled with anger when they heard these things,

And they rose up and cast Him out of the city and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built so that they might throw Him down the cliff.

But He,  ¹passing through their midst, went away.

And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And He taught them on the Sabbath.

And they were astounded at His teaching, because His word was with  ¹authority.

And in the synagogue there was a man who had a  ¹spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

 ¹Ah!  ²What do we have to do with You, Jesus, Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are — the Holy One of God.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be quiet and come out from him. And throwing him down in the midst, the demon came out from him without harming him at all.

And amazement came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What is this word? For with  ¹authority and power He orders the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And  ¹reports went out concerning Him into every place of the surrounding region.

And He rose up and went from the synagogue and entered into the house of Simon. And  ¹Simon's mother-in-law was  ²suffering with a high  ³fever, and they asked Him concerning her.

And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she instantly rose up and served them.

And when the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on each one of them and healed them.

And demons also came out from many, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God! And He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

And when day came, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowds sought Him, and they came up to Him and tried to hold on to Him so that He would not go away from them.

But He said to them, I must  ¹announce the gospel of the  ²kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for  ³this I was sent.

And He  ¹preached in the synagogues of  ²Judea.