aThen Jesus
was led
up by the Spirit
into the wilderness
bto be tempted
by the devil
.
And after He had afasted forty
days
and forty
nights
, He 1then
became hungry
.
And athe tempter came
and said
to Him, "If
You are the bSon
of God
, command
that these
stones
become
bread
."
But He answered and said
, "It is written
, ` aMAN
SHALL NOT LIVE
ON BREAD
ALONE
, BUT ON EVERY
WORD
THAT PROCEEDS
OUT OF THE MOUTH
OF GOD
.' "
Then the devil
*took
Him into athe holy
city
and had Him stand
on the pinnacle
of the temple
,
and *said to Him, "If
You are the Son
of God
, throw
Yourself
down
; for it is written
, ` aHE WILL COMMAND
HIS ANGELS
CONCERNING
YOU'; and `ON their HANDS
THEY WILL BEAR
YOU UP, SO
THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE
YOUR FOOT
AGAINST
A STONE
.' "
Jesus said
to him, " 1On the other
hand
, it is written
, ` aYOU SHALL NOT PUT
THE LORD
YOUR GOD
TO THE TEST
.' "
aAgain, the devil
*took
Him to a very
high
mountain
and *showed
Him all
the kingdoms
of the world
and their glory
;
and he said to Him, " aAll
these
things
I will give
You, if
You fall
down
and 1worship
me."
Then Jesus
*said
to him, "Go
, Satan
! For it is written
, ` aYOU SHALL WORSHIP
THE LORD
YOUR GOD
, AND 1SERVE
HIM ONLY
.' "
Then the devil
*left
Him; and behold
, aangels
came
and began to minister
to Him.
Now when Jesus heard
that aJohn
had been taken
into custody
, bHe withdrew
into Galilee
;
and leaving Nazareth
, He came
and asettled
in Capernaum
, which is by the sea
, in the region
of Zebulun
and Naphtali
.
This was to fulfill what
was spoken
through
Isaiah
the prophet
:
" aTHE LAND OF ZEBULUN
AND THE LAND
OF NAPHTALI
, 1BY THE WAY
OF THE SEA
, BEYOND
THE JORDAN
, GALILEE
OF THE 2GENTILES
--
" aTHE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING
IN DARKNESS
SAW
A GREAT
LIGHT
, AND THOSE
WHO WERE SITTING
IN THE LAND
AND SHADOW
OF DEATH
, UPON THEM A LIGHT
DAWNED
."
aFrom that time Jesus
began
to 1preach
and say
, " bRepent
, for the kingdom
of heaven
is at hand
."
aNow as Jesus was walking by bthe Sea
of Galilee
, He saw
two
brothers
, cSimon
who was called
Peter
, and Andrew
his brother
, casting
a net
into the sea
; for they were fishermen
.
And He *said to them, " 1Follow
Me, and I will make
you fishers
of men
."
Immediately they left
their nets
and followed
Him.
Going on from there
He saw
two
other
brothers
, 1 aJames
the son of Zebedee
, and 2John
his brother
, in the boat
with Zebedee
their father
, mending
their nets
; and He called
them.
Immediately they left
the boat
and their father
, and followed
Him.
Jesus was going athroughout
all
Galilee
, bteaching
in their synagogues
and cproclaiming
the 1gospel
of the kingdom
, and dhealing
every
kind
of disease
and every
kind
of sickness
among
the people
.
The news about Him spread
athroughout
all
Syria
; and they brought
to Him all
who were ill
, those suffering
with various
diseases
and pains
, bdemoniacs
, 1 cepileptics
, dparalytics
; and He healed
them.
Large crowds
afollowed
Him from Galilee
and bthe Decapolis
and Jerusalem
and Judea
and from cbeyond
the Jordan
.