NgokukaLuka 4:1-21

UJesu egcwele uMoya oNgcwele wabuya eJordani, waholekela ngoMoya ehlane, elingwa nguSathane izinsuku ezingamashumi amane. Akadlanga lutho kulezo zinsuku; seziphelile, walamba. Wayesethi kuye uSathane: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho kuleli tshe ukuba libe yisinkwa.” UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Akusinkwa sodwa umuntu azakuphila ngaso.’ ” Esemenyusela entabeni ende wambonisa imibuso yonke yezwe ngomzuzwanyana. USathane wathi kuye: “Amandla onke lana ngokunika wena kanye nenkazimulo yawo, ngokuba inikwe mina, futhi ngiyinika noma ubani ngokuthanda kwami. Ngakho-ke wena, uma ukhuleka phambi kwami, konke kuzakuba ngokwakho.” UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Wokhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.’ ” Wayesemholela eJerusalema, wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli, wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi lapha, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “ ‘Uyakuyaleza izingelosi zakhe ngawe, zikulinde,’ “nokuthi: “ ‘Ziyakukuthwala ngezandla, ungaze waqhuzuka etsheni ngonyawo lwakho.’ ” UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Kwathiwa: ‘Ungayilingi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.’ ” USathane eseqede ukulinga konke wamuka kuye isikhathi. UJesu wabuyela eGalile ngamandla kaMoya; udumo lwakhe lwanda kulo lonke izwe langakhona. Wafundisa emasinagogeni* abo edunyiswa yibo bonke. Wafika eNazaretha, lapho wayondliwa khona, wangena esinagogeni* ngosuku lwesabatha njengokwenza kwakhe, wasukumela ukufunda. Wanikwa incwadi ka-Isaya umprofethi, wayivula incwadi, wafumana indawo okulotshwe kuyo ukuthi: “UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami, ngokuba ingigcobile ukuba ngishumayele ivangeli kwabampofu, ingithumele ukumemezela ukukhululwa kwabathunjiweyo, nokubona kwabayizimpumputhe, nokuhlenga abacindezelweyo, nokumemezela umnyaka omuhle weNkosi.” Wayigoqonga incwadi, wayinika isikhonzi, wahlala; amehlo abo bonke ababesesinagogeni* amgqolozela. Waqala ukukhuluma kubo, ethi: “Namhlanje ugcwalisekile lo mbhalo ezindlebeni zenu.”