Inspire Bible for Kids Luke Sampler - Book - Page 25
LUKE 4:42
20 He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down.
All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. 21 Then he began to speak
to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”
22 Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that
came from his lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
23 Then he said, “You will undoubtedly quote me this proverb: ‘Physician,
heal yourself ’—meaning, ‘Do miracles here in your hometown like those
you did in Capernaum.’ 24 But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted
in his own hometown.
25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time,
when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe
famine devastated the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He
was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon. 27 And many in Israel had leprosy in the time of the prophet Elisha,
but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian.”
28 When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious.
29 Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill
on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,
30 but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.
Jesus Casts Out a Demon
31 Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the
synagogue every Sabbath day. 32 There, too, the people were amazed at his
teaching, for he spoke with authority.
33 Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—
an evil* spirit—cried out, shouting, 34 “Go away! Why are you interfering
with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you
are—the Holy One of God!”
35 But Jesus reprimanded him. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. At that, the demon threw the man to the floor as the crowd watched;
then it came out of him without hurting him further.
36 Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s
words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!”
37 The news about Jesus spread through every village in the entire region.
Jesus Heals Many People
38 After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon’s home, where
he found Simon’s mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. “Please heal her,”
everyone begged. 39 Standing at her bedside, he rebuked the fever, and it left
her. And she got up at once and prepared a meal for them.
40 As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village
brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were,
the touch of his hand healed every one. 41 Many were possessed by demons;
and the demons came out at his command, shouting, “You are the Son of
God!” But because they knew he was the Messiah, he rebuked them and
refused to let them speak.
Jesus Continues to Preach
42 Early the next morning Jesus went out to an isolated place. The crowds
searched everywhere for him, and when they finally found him, they begged
4:18-19 Or and to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD. Isa 61:1‑2 (Greek version); 58:6.
4:33 Greek unclean; also in 4:36.
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Devotion
Jesus’ Temptation
Satan told Jesus to change
stones into what?
a. water
b. doves
c. bread
After Jesus was baptized, he
went to the desert, where he
spent 40 days with no food to
eat. Jesus had a physical body,
so he was hungry just as we
would be. Satan knew that Jesus
was hungry, so he tried to get
Jesus to prove he was God by
changing stones into bread.
Satan also told Jesus that if
Jesus worshiped him, he would
give Jesus all the kingdoms of
the world. He also asked Jesus
to throw himself off the top of
the Temple to prove the angels
would protect him.
Satan didn’t tempt Jesus at his
baptism, when John the Baptist
was there to support him. He
waited until Jesus was alone,
tired, and hungry. It’s easy to
give in to temptation when you
aren’t well rested and fed. It’s
easy to rationalize bad decisions
when you are alone. Yet Jesus
resisted. How? He quoted
Scripture to Satan.
Scripture is our weapon
for spiritual battle. The Bible
says, “Put on salvation as your
helmet, and take the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word
of God” (Ephesians 6:17).
Just knowing Scripture isn’t
enough—it’s important to both
know and obey Scripture. If you
are willing to do both, Scripture
is a powerful weapon against
temptation.
Focus Verses: Luke 4:3-4
The Whole Story: Luke 4:1-13
Answer: c
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
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and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.*”
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