In the Word: Luke 4:33-44 - "Our Compassionate Savior".

Luke 4:33-44 New International Version 33 In 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!” J…

In the Word: Luke 4:33-37 - "Our Compassionate Savior".

Luke 4:33-37 New International Version 33 In 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!” J…

In the Word: Luke 4:23-32 - "Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit".

Luke 4:23-32 New International Version 23 Jesus 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 …

In the Word: Luke 4:20-26 - "Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit".

Luke 4:20-26 New International Version 20 Then 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. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 All spoke well of him and were ama…

In the Word: Luke 4:16-19 - "What Jesus Came To Do"

Luke 4:16-19 New International Version 16 He 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, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: …

In the Word: Luke 4:14-18 - "What Jesus Came to Do"

Luke 4:14-18 New International Version Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought …

In the Word: Luke 4:8-13 - "Let's Get Ready To Rumble - Part 2".

Luke 4:8-13 New International Version 8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’[a]” 9 The 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. 10 For it is wri…

In the Word: Luke 4:5-8 - "Let's Get Ready To Rumble - Part 2".

Luke 4:5-8 New International Version 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And 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. 7 If you worship me, it w…

In the Word: Luke 4:1-4 - "Let's Get Ready To Rumble - Part 1".

Luke 4:1-4 New International Version Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3…

In the Word: Luke 3:22-38 - "God In Three Persons"

22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” 23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, 2…