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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel

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of Matthew chapter 4 and the Gospel of Luke chapter

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4. Matthew chapter 4. Then Jesus was led up by

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the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted

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by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days

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and forty nights, afterward he was hungry. Now

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when the tempter came to him, he said, If you

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are the Son of God, command that these stones

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become bread. But he answered and said, It is

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written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but

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by every word that proceeds from the mouth of

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God. Then the devil took him up into the holy

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city, set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

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and said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw

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yourself down, for it is written, He shall give

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his angels charge over you, and in their hands

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they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot

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against a stone. Jesus said to him, It is written

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again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.

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Again the devil took him up on an exceedingly

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high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms

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of the world and their glory. And he said to

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him, All these things I will give you if you

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will fall down and worship me. Then Jesus said

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to him, Away with you, Satan, for it is written,

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You shall worship the Lord your God, and him

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only you shall serve. Then the devil left him,

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and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

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Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in

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prison, he departed to Galilee. And leaving Nazareth,

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he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the

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sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali.

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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by

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Isaiah the prophet, saying, The land of Zebulun

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and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea

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beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. The

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people who sat in darkness have seen a great

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light, and upon those who sat in the region and

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shadow of death, light has dawned. From that

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time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent,

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for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. And Jesus,

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walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers,

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Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting

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a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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Then he said to them, Follow me, and I will make

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you fishers of men. They immediately left their

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nets and followed him. Going on from there, he

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saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee,

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and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee

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their father, mending their nets. He called them,

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and immediately they left the boat and their

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father and followed him. And Jesus went about

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all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching

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the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds

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of sickness and all kinds of disease among the

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people. Then his fame went throughout all Syria,

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and they brought to him all sick people who were

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afflicted with various diseases and torments,

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and those who were demon -possessed, epileptics

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and paralytics, and he healed them. Great multitudes

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followed him from Galilee and from Decapolis,

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Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. Luke

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chapter 4 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy

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Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led

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by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted

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for forty days by the devil. And in those days

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he ate nothing, and afterward, when they had

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ended, he was hungry. And the devil said to him,

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If you are the Son of God, Command this stone

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to become bread. But Jesus answered him, saying,

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It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone,

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but by every word of God. Then the devil, taking

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him up on a high mountain, showed him all the

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kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And

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the devil said to him, All this authority I will

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give you, and their glory, for this has been

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delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I

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wish. Therefore, if you will worship before me,

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All will be yours. And Jesus answered and said

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to him, Get behind me, Satan, for it is written,

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You shall worship the Lord your God, and him

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only you shall serve. Then he brought him to

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Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

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and said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw

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yourself down from here, for it is written, He

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shall give his angels charge over you to keep

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you, and in their hands they shall bear you up,

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lest you dash your foot against a stone. And

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Jesus answered and said to him, It has been said,

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You shall not tempt the Lord your God. Now when

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the devil had ended every temptation, he departed

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from him until an opportune time. Then Jesus

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returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee,

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and news of him went out through all the surrounding

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region, and he taught in their synagogues, being

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glorified by all. So when he came to Nazareth,

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where he had been brought up, And as his custom

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was, he went into the synagogue on a Sabbath

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day and stood up to read. And he was handed the

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book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened

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the book, he found the place where it was written,

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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he

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has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.

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He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to

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proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery

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of sight to the blind. to set at liberty those

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who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable

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year of the Lord. Then he closed the book and

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gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And

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the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were

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fixed on him. And he began to say to them, Today

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this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.

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So all bore witness to him and marveled at the

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gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.

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And they said, Is this not Joseph's son? He said

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to them, You will surely say this proverb to

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me. Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have

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heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your

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country. Then he said, Assuredly, I say to you,

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no prophet is accepted in his own country. But

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I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel

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in the days of Elijah when the heaven was shut

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up three years and six months, and there was

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a great famine throughout all the land. But to

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none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath.

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in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a

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widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the

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time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them

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was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian. So all

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those in the synagogue, when they heard these

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things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and

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thrust him out of the city. And they led him

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to the brow of the hill on which their city was

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built, that they might throw him down over the

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cliff. Then passing through the midst of them,

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he went his way. Then he went down to Capernaum,

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a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the

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Sabbaths. And when they were astonished at his

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teaching, for his word was with authority, now

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in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit

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of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a

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loud voice, saying, Let us alone. What have we

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to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come

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to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One

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of God. But Jesus rebuked them, saying, Be quiet

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and come out of him. And when a demon had thrown

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him in their midst, it came out of him and did

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not hurt him. Then they were all amazed and spoke

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among themselves, saying, What a word this is!

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For with authority and power he commands the

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unclean spirits, and they come out. And the report

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about him went out into every place in the surrounding

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region. Now he arose from the synagogue and entered

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Simon's house. But Simon's wife's mother was

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sick with a high fever, and they made request

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of him concerning her. So he stood over her and

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rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately

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she arose and served them. When the sun was setting,

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all those who had any that were sick with various

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diseases brought them to him, and he laid his

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hands on every one of them and healed them. And

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demons also came out of many, crying out and

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saying, You are the Christ, the Son of God. And

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he rebuking them did not allow them to speak,

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for they knew that he was the Christ. Now when

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it was day, he departed and went into a deserted

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place. And a crowd sought him and came to him

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and tried to keep him from leaving them. But

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he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of

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God to the other cities also, because for this

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purpose I have been sent. And he was preaching

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in the synagogues of Galilee. I hope you enjoyed

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today's reading as much as I did and I look forward

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.