Luke 4:1

World English Bible (2000)

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

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  • Matt 4:1-9 : 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. 3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." 4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'" 7 Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'" 8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. 9 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'" 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
  • Mark 1:12-13 : 12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. 13 He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.
  • Luke 2:27 : 27 He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
  • Luke 3:3 : 3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
  • Luke 4:14 : 14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
  • John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.
  • Acts 1:2 : 2 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
  • Acts 8:39 : 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
  • John 1:32 : 32 John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
  • Isa 11:2-4 : 2 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. 3 His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears; 4 but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me.
  • Matt 3:16 : 16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
  • Luke 3:21-22 : 21 Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 4:1-9
    9 verses
    89%

    1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

    2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

    3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

    4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

    5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

    6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

    7 Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"

    8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

    9 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

  • Luke 4:2-5
    4 verses
    85%

    2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

    3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

    4 Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"

    5 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

  • Mark 1:8-14
    7 verses
    83%

    8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

    9 It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

    11 A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

    12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

    13 He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

    14 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God,

  • Luke 4:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

    13 When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

    14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.

  • Matt 4:11-14
    4 verses
    73%

    11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

    12 Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

    13 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

    14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Luke 4:9
    73%

    9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

  • Matt 3:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

    17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

  • John 4:3
    70%

    3 he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.

  • Luke 1:80
    70%

    80 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

  • Matt 3:13
    70%

    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

  • Matt 3:1
    70%

    1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

  • Matt 19:1
    69%

    1 It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

  • Luke 3:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,

    22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

  • Luke 2:27
    68%

    27 He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

  • Luke 4:42
    68%

    42 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.

  • Matt 3:5
    67%

    5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

  • Luke 5:16
    67%

    16 But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

  • Matt 4:25
    67%

    25 Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

  • Luke 4:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

    17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

  • Mark 1:35
    67%

    35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

  • John 10:40
    67%

    40 He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.

  • Luke 1:41
    66%

    41 It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Mark 1:4
    66%

    4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

  • Luke 1:15
    66%

    15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • John 8:1
    66%

    1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.