'Īsā al-Masīh (hpbuu) is tempted by Iblīs
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'Īsā returned from the Jordan full of the Holy Spirit,a and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, to be tempted by Iblīs.b He did not eat anything in these days, and when they were over, he was hungry.3 Iblīs said to him, ‘If you are the spiritual Son of God,c tell this stone to become bread.’
4 'Īsā replied, ‘It is written, “A person cannot live on bread alone.”’d
5 Then Iblīs took 'Īsā up and showed him in a moment all the kingdoms of the world. 6 Iblīs said to him, ‘I will give you all this authority and all their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. 7 If you prostrate yourself before me, it will all be yours.’
8 'Īsā replied, ‘It is written, “You shall prostrate yourself before the Lord your God, and you shall serve only him.”’e
9 Iblīs took him into Jerusalem and set him on the highest point of al-Bayt ul-Muqaddas. He said to 'Īsā, ‘If you are the spiritual Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, ‘‘He will command his angels concerning you – to protect you, 11 and they will take you up in their hands, so that you will not even dash your foot against a stone.’’’f
12 'Īsā replied, ‘It is said, ‘‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’’’g
13 Then Iblīs, having finished all this tempting, left him until another opportunity came.
'Īsā al-Masīh (hpbuu) preaches in the synagogue in Nazareth
14 'Īsā then returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit. News about him spread throughout the whole region. 15 He taught in their synagogues and received praise from everyone.
16 He came to Nazareth where he had grown up. On the Sabbathh he entered the synagogue as was his custom, and he stood up to read. 17 The scroll of the Prophet Isaiahi was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it is written,
18 ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointedj me
to tell the good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom to prisoners,
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour.’k
20 Then, rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue had their eyes fixed on him. 21 He began by saying to them, ‘Today this Scripture is fulfilled as you are hearing it.’l
22 Everyone was speaking well of him, and they marvelled at the gracious words that came from his mouth. ‘Isn't this Yūsuf's son?’ they asked.
23 He said to them, ‘No doubt you will quote this proverb to me, “Doctor, heal yourself.’’ And you'll say to me, ‘‘Do here in your home town what we heard happened in Kfar Nāhūm.’’’
24 He said, ‘Truly I tell you, no prophet is welcomed in his home town. 25 I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Isrā'īl in the days of Ilyās, when the sky was shut for three years and six months, and there was a severe famine in the entire land. 26 Yet Ilyās was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Saydā.m 27 And there were many people with leprosyn in Isrā'īl in the time of the Prophet Al-Yasa'. Yet none of them were made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian.’o
28 Everyone in the synagogue was filled with rage when they heard this. 29 They got up and threw him out of the town. Then they took him to the edge of the cliff on which their town was built, to throw him down. 30 But 'Īsā passed through the middle of the crowd and left.
'Īsā al-Masīh (hpbuu) drives out a jinn
31 'Īsā went down to Kfar Nāhūm, a town of Galilee, where he taught the people on the Sabbath. 32 They were astonished at his teaching, because his message had authority.
33 In the synagogue there was a man who had an evil jinn.p It shouted out in a loud voice, 34 ‘Hey! What have you to do with us, 'Īsā of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are the Holy One of Allah!’
35 'Īsā commanded the jinn. ‘Be quiet and come out of him!’
The jinnq threw the man down in the midst of the people, and came out without harming him.
36 Everyone was amazed and they kept saying to each other, ‘What is this message? With authority and power, he commands evil jinnr and they come out!’
37 So the news about 'Īsā went out everywhere in that area.
'Īsā al-Masīh (hpbuu) heals many people
38 'Īsā left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, so they asked 'Īsā about her. 39 He stood by her and ordered the fever to depart, and it left her. She got up at once and began to serve them.
40 As the sun was setting, everyone whose relatives were sick with various kinds of diseases brought them to 'Īsā. He placed his hands on each one of them and healed them. 41 Even jinns were coming out from many people, shouting out, “You are the spiritual Son of Allah!”t
He spoke to them severely, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was al-Masīh.
Al-Masīh 'Īsā's mission to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of Allah
42 At daybreak, 'Īsā left and went to a lonely place. Then a large group of people came looking for him, and when they reached him, they tried to hold on to him to keep him from leaving them. 43 But he said to them, ‘I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of Allahu to the other towns too. It's for this purpose that I was sent.’ 44 So he went around preaching in the synagogues of Judea.