e, who was of Lamech,
3:37. Who was of Mathusale, who was of Henoch, who was of Jared, who was
of Malaleel, who was of Cainan,
3:38. Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of
God.
Luke Chapter 4
Christ's fasting and temptation. He is persecuted in Nazareth. His
miracles in Capharnaum.
4:1. And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan
and was led the by the spirit into the desert,
4:2. For the space of forty days, and was tempted by the devil. And he
ate nothing in those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
4:3. And the devil said to him: If thou be the Son of God, say to this
stone that it be made bread.
4:4. And Jesus answered him: is written that Man liveth not by bread
alone, but by every word of God.
4:5. And the devil led him into a high mountain and shewed him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
4:6. And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power and the
glory of them. For to me they are delivered: and to whom I will, I give
them.
4:7. If thou therefore wilt adore before me, all shall be thine.
4:8. And Jesus answering said to him. It is written: Thou shalt adore
the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
4:9. And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the
temple and said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from
hence.
4:10. For it is written that He hath given his angels charge over thee
that they keep thee.
4:11. And that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest perhaps thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
4:12. And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt
the Lord thy God.
4:13. And all the temptation being ended, the devil departed from him
for a time.
4:14. And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit, into Galilee: and
the fame of him went out through the whole country.
4:15. And he taught in their synagogues and was magnified by all.
4:16. And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into
the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day: and he rose
up to read.
4:17. And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as
he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written:
4:18. The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me
to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite
of heart,
4:19. To preach deliverance to the captives and
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