Luke 4:37

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

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

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

The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

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

But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.

The report of this went out into all that land.

But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.

A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.

The Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah. His name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he grew exceedingly strong.

In Jerusalem, he made devices, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad, because he was marvelously helped until he was strong.

I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.

His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.

He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.

Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, “See that no one knows about this.”

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”

The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.

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

The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.

Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,

King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

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

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.

This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.

On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”

He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.

which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.