A Word with Authority

Good News and Authority · Luke 4

Story guide: In Capernaum the people marvel at his teaching and at the authority of his command; the spirit leaves the man without injuring him.

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31And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbaths.

32And they were astonished at his teaching, because his word had authority.

33And in the synagogue there was a man having an unclean spirit of a demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

34Ah! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.

35And Jesus rebuked it, saying, “Be silent and come out of him.” And after throwing him into the midst, the demon came out of him without harming him at all.

36And amazement came upon everyone, and they were speaking with one another, saying, “What is this word, that with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out?”

37And news about him was spreading into every place in the surrounding region.

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