Chapter 4: Jesus Casts out a Demon

4:31 – 44  Jesus left Nazareth and went to Capernaum, a town near Galilee.  He taught there each Sabbath day in the synagogue.  As with Galilee and Nazareth, the people were amazed at his teaching as he spoke with authority as his message was directly from God...

Chapter 4: Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

4: 16-30   After coming out of the wilderness for forty days, Jesus returned Galilee, filled with the Holy  Spirit’s power.  He taught regularly in the synagogues and became quickly known and praised throughout the whole region.  He went to the synagogue in Nazareth...

Chapter 4: The Temptation of Jesus

4: 1-13  After returning from being baptized by John, Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit.  The Spirit then led him into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil for forty days.  During that time, Jesus had nothing to eat and became very hungry.  The devil knew...

Chapter 3: The Baptism of Jesus

3: 21-38  One day, while John was baptizing others, Jesus came to be baptized.  Jesus was not baptized for the forgiveness of sins, as the others were.  Instead, he was baptized to identify himself with John the Baptist, who was sent as his forerunner.   Jesus started...

Chapter 3: John the Baptist Prepares the Way

3: 1-20  We now skip to John the Baptist and Jesus in their late 20’s/early 30’s.  John was living in the wilderness, probably due to his parents passing when he was young (they were very old when John was conceived and born).  While there, he received a message from...

Chapter 2: Jesus’s Early Life

Jesus’s Birth                 Joseph and Mary had to return to Bethlehem for a census (taken for the purpose of taxation and military service) that was ordered by the Roman emperor, Augustus. The census had to be done in the town the individual was from, and since...