THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS COMPARED

The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 4


LUKE
Chapter 4


1 And Jesus, full of the
Holy Spirit, returned from
the Jordan, and was led by
the Spirit
2 for forty days in the
wilderness, tempted by the
devil. And he ate nothing
in those days; and when
they were ended, he was
hungry.
3 The devil said to him,
"If you are the Son of
God, command this stone
to become bread."
4 And Jesus answered
him, "It is written, 'Man
shall not live by bread
alone.'"
5 And the devil took him
up, and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world in a
moment of time,
6 and said to him, "To
you I will give all this
authority and their glory;
for it has been delivered to
me, and I give it to whom
I will.
7 If you, then, will
worship me, it shall all be
yours."
8 And Jesus answered
him, "It is written, 'You
shall worship the Lord
your God, and him only
shall you serve.'"
9 And he took him to
Jerusalem, and set him on
the pinnacle of the temple,
and said to him, "If you
are the Son of God, throw
yourself down from here;
10 for it is written, 'He
will give his angels charge
of you, to guard you,'
11 and 'On their hands
they will bear you up, lest
you strike your foot
against a stone.'"
12 And Jesus answered
him, "It is said, 'You shall
not tempt the Lord your
God.'"
13 And when the devil
had ended every
temptation, he departed
from him until an
opportune time.



14 And Jesus returned in
the power of the Spirit into
Galilee, and a report
concerning him went out
through all the surrounding
country.
15 And he taught in their
synagogues, being
glorified by all.



16 And he came to
Nazareth, where he had
been brought up; and he
went to the synagogue, as
his custom was, on the
sabbath day. And he stood
up to read;
17 and there was given to
him the book of the
prophet Isaiah. He opened
the book and found the
place where it was written,
18 "The Spirit of the Lord
is upon me, because he has
anointed me to preach
good news to the poor. He
has sent me to proclaim
release to the captives and
recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty those
who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim the
acceptable year of the
Lord."
20 And he closed the
book, and gave it back to
the attendant, and sat
down; and the eyes of all
in the synagogue were
fixed on him.
21 And he began to say to
them, "Today this scripture
has been fulfilled in your
hearing."
22 And all spoke well of
him, and wondered at the
gracious words which
proceeded out of his
mouth; and they said, "Is
not this Joseph's son?"
23 And he said to them,
"Doubtless you will quote
to me this proverb,
'Physician, heal yourself;
what we have heard you
did at Capernaum, do here
also in your own
country.'"

24 And he said, "Truly, I
say to you, no prophet is
acceptable in his own
country.





25 But in truth, I tell you,
there were many widows
in Israel in the days of
Elijah, when the heaven
was shut up three years
and six months, when
there came a great famine
over all the land;
26 and Elijah was sent to
none of them but only to
Zarephath, in the land of
Sidon, to a woman who
was a widow.
27 And there were many
lepers in Israel in the time
of the prophet Elisha; and
none of them was
cleansed, but only Naaman
the Syrian."
28 When they heard this,
all in the synagogue were
filled with wrath.
29 And they rose up and
put him out of the city, and
led him to the brow of the
hill on which their city was
built, that they might throw
him down headlong.
30 But passing through
the midst of them he went
away.


31 And he went down to
Capernaum, a city of
Galilee. And he was
teaching them on the
sabbath;
32 and they were
astonished at his teaching,
for his word was with
authority.
33 And in the synagogue
there was a man who had
the spirit of an unclean
demon; and he cried out
with a loud voice,
34 "Ah! What have you to
do with us, Jesus of
Nazareth? Have you come
to destroy us? I know who
you are, the Holy One of
God."
35 But Jesus rebuked him,
saying, "Be silent, and
come out of him!" And
when the demon had
thrown him down in the
midst, he came out of him,
having done him no harm.
36 And they were all
amazed and said to one
another, "What is this
word? For with authority
and power he commands
the unclean spirits, and
they come out."
37 And reports of him
went out into every place
in the surrounding region.









38 And he arose and left
the synagogue, and entered
Simon's house. Now
Simon's mother-in-law
was ill with a high fever,
and they besought him for
her.
39 And he stood over her
and rebuked the fever, and
it left her; and immediately
she rose and served them.









40 Now 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 every one of
them and healed them.
41 And demons also came
out of many, crying, "You
are the Son of God!" But
he rebuked them, and
would not allow them to
speak, because they knew
that he was the Christ.



42 And when it was day
he departed and went into
a lonely place. And the
people sought him and
came to him, and would
have kept him from
leaving them;
43 but he said to them, "I
must preach the good
news of the kingdom of
God to the other cities
also; for I was sent for this
purpose."






44 And he was preaching
in the synagogues of
Judea.







MARK



Mark 1:12 The Spirit
immediately drove him out
into the wilderness.
Mark 1:13 And he was in
the wilderness forty days,
tempted by Satan; and he
was with the wild beasts;
and the angels ministered
to him.



















































































































Mark 6:4 And Jesus said
to them, "A prophet is not
without honor, except in
his own country, and
among his own kin, and in
his own house."





































Mark 1:21 And they went
into Capernaum; and
immediately on the
sabbath he entered the
synagogue and taught.
Mark 1:22 And they were
astonished at his teaching,
for he taught them as one
who had authority, and not
as the scribes.
Mark 1:23 And
immediately there was in
their synagogue a man
with an unclean spirit;
Mark 1:24 and he cried
out, "What have you to do
with us, Jesus of
Nazareth? Have you come
to destroy us? I know who
you are, the Holy One of
God."
Mark 1:25 But Jesus
rebuked him, saying, "Be
silent, and come out of
him!"
Mark 1:26 And the
unclean spirit, convulsing
him and crying with a loud
voice, came out of him.
Mark 1:27 And they were
all amazed, so that they
questioned among
themselves, saying, "What
is this? A new teaching!
With authority he
commands even the
unclean spirits, and they
obey him."
Mark 1:28 And at once
his fame spread
everywhere throughout all
the surrounding region of
Galilee.



Mark 1:29 And
immediately he left the
synagogue, and entered the
house of Simon and
Andrew, with James and
John.
Mark 1:30 Now Simon's
mother-in-law lay sick
with a fever, and
immediately they told him
of her.
Mark 1:31 And he came
and took her by the hand
and lifted her up, and the
fever left her; and she
served them.



Mark 1:32 That evening,
at sundown, they brought
to him all who were sick
or possessed with demons.
Mark 1:33 And the whole
city was gathered together
about the door.
Mark 1:34 And he healed
many who were sick with
various diseases, and cast
out many demons; and he
would not permit the
demons to speak, because
they knew him.



Mark 1:35 And in the
morning, a great while
before day, he rose and
went out to a lonely place,
and there he prayed.
Mark 1:36 And Simon
and those who were with
him pursued him,
Mark 1:37 and they found
him and said to him,
"Every one is searching for
you."
Mark 1:38 And he said to
them, "Let us go on to the
next towns, that I may
preach there also; for that
is why I came out."










MATTHEW



Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus
was led up by the Spirit
into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:2 And he
fasted forty days and forty
nights, and afterward he
was hungry.
Matthew 4:3 And the
tempter came and said to
him, "If you are the Son of
God, command these
stones to become loaves of
bread."
Matthew 4:4 But he
answered, "It is written,
'Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every
word that proceeds from
the mouth of God.'"
Matthew 4:5 Then the
devil took him to the holy
city, and set him on the
pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew 4:6 and said to
him, "If you are the Son of
God, throw yourself down;
for it is written, 'He will
give his angels charge of
you,' and 'On their hands
they will bear you up, lest
you strike your foot
against a stone.'"
Matthew 4:7 Jesus said to
him, "Again it is written,
'You shall not tempt the
Lord your God.'"
Matthew 4:8 Again, the
devil took him to a very
high mountain, and
showed him all the
kingdoms of the world and
the glory of them;
Matthew 4:9 and he said
to him, "All these I will
give you, if you will fall
down and worship me."
Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus
said to him, "Begone,
Satan! for it is written,
'You shall worship the
Lord your God and him
only shall you serve.'"
Matthew 4:11 Then the
devil left him, and behold,
angels came and
ministered to him.




Matthew 4:23 And he
went about all Galilee,
teaching in their
synagogues and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom
and healing every disease
and every infirmity among
the people.






















































Matthew 13:57 And they
took offense at him. But
Jesus said to them, "A
prophet is not without
honor except in his own
country and in his own
house."



















































































Matthew 8:14 And when
Jesus entered Peter's
house, he saw his
mother-in-law lying sick
with a fever;
Matthew 8:15 he touched
her hand, and the fever left
her, and she rose and
served him.











Matthew 8:16 That
evening they brought to
him many who were
possessed with demons;
and he cast out the spirits
with a word, and healed all
who were sick.
Matthew 8:17 This was to
fulfil what was spoken by
the prophet Isaiah, "He
took our infirmities and
bore our diseases."

































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