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12 Jesus said to him in reply, “It also says, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”(A) 13 [a]When the devil had finished every temptation,(B) he departed from him for a time.

IV. The Ministry in Galilee

The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry. 14 (C)Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread[b] throughout the whole region.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:13 For a time: the devil’s opportune time will occur before the passion and death of Jesus (Lk 22:3, 31–32, 53).
  2. 4:14 News of him spread: a Lucan theme; see Lk 4:37; 5:15; 7:17.

12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[a](A)

13 When the devil had finished all this tempting,(B) he left him(C) until an opportune time.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

14 Jesus returned to Galilee(D) in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:12 Deut. 6:16