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Eliakim, the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the
son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of
David, the son of Jesse, son of Obed, which was the son of Booz,
which was the son of Salmon.
Salmon was the son of Naasson, son of Aminadab, which was the son
of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, the son of Phares, son of Juda,
the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac.
Isaac was the son of Abraham, the son of Thara, son of Nachor, which
was the son of Saruch, the son of Ragau, son of Phalec, which was the
son of Heber, the son of Sala, son of Cainan, which was the son of
Arphaxad, the son of Sem, son of Noah.
Noah was the son of Lamech, which was the son of Mathusala, which
was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel,
son of Cainan, which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth,
which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
4 Filled with the Holy Ghost, Jesus returned from Jordan and was led
by the Spirit into the wilderness. For forty days He was tempted by the
devil. During this time He ate nothing and, when His fasting ended, He
was hungry.
The devil said to him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone to
be made bread. Jesus answered, It is written: Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word of God.
The devil, then, took Him up into a high mountain and showed Him all
the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. The devil said to Him,
I give thee the power and glory of all this that is mine and to whomever
I give it. If thou will worship me, all shall be thine. Jesus said to him,
Get thee behind me, Satan. It is written: Thou shall worship the Lord
thy God, and Him only shall thou serve.
The devil brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on a pinnacle of the
temple and said, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from here.
It is written: He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee,
and, in their hands, they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash
thy foot against a stone. Jesus said, Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy
God.
When the devil had ended all the temptation, He departed from Him for
a season. Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit. His fame
spread throughout all the region. He taught in the synagogues and was

glorified by all.
Jesus went to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His
custom, He went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and stood up to
read. He was given the book of the prophet Esaias. When He opened
the book, He found the place where it was written: The Spirit of the
Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to
the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, recover sight to the blind, to set at liberty
those who are bruised, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
He closed the book, returned it, and sat down. The eyes of all who were
in the synagogue were fastened on Him. Jesus said to them, This day is
this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
All bore Him witness and wondered at the gracious words which
proceeded from His mouth. They said, Is this not Joseph's son? He said
to them, Ye will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself.
Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy
country.
And He said, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you,
many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was
shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout
all the land; but to none of them was Elias sent, except to Sarepta, a
city of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. Many lepers were in
Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed,
except Naaman the Syrian.
When they heard these things, all who were in the synagogue were
filled with wrath. They rose up and pushed Him out of the city. They
drove Him to the top of the hill upon which their city was built so they
might cast Him down headlong. But, passing through the midst of