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1 Then
Jesus was led
up by the
Spirit into the
wilderness to be
tempted by the
devil.
2 When
he had fasted
forty days and
forty nights, he
was hungry
afterward.
3 The
tempter came and
said to him, “If
you are the
Son of God,
command that these
stones become bread.”
4 But
he answered,
“It is written,
‘Man shall not
live by bread
alone, but by
every word that
proceeds out of
God’s mouth.’ ”
5 Then
the devil took
him into the
holy city. He
set him on
the pinnacle of
the temple,
6 and
said to him, “If
you are the
Son of God, throw
yourself down, for
it is written,
‘He will command
his angels concerning
you,’ and,
‘On their hands
they will bear
you up,
so that you don’t
dash your foot
against a
stone.’ ”
7 Jesus
said to him,
“Again, it is
written, ‘You
shall not test
the Lord, your
God.’ ”
8 Again,
the devil took
him to an
exceedingly high
mountain, and
showed him all
the kingdoms of
the world and
their glory.
9 He
said to him, “I
will give you
all of these
things, if you
will fall down
and worship me.”
10 Then
Jesus said to
him,
“Get behind me,
Satan! For it
is written, ‘You
shall worship
the Lord your
God, and you
shall serve him
only.’ ”
11 Then
the devil left him,
and behold, angels
came and served
him.
12 Now
when Jesus heard that
John was delivered
up, he withdrew
into Galilee.
13 Leaving
Nazareth, he came
and lived in
Capernaum, which
is by the
sea, in the
region of Zebulun
and Naphtali,
14 that
it might be
fulfilled which
was spoken through
Isaiah the prophet,
saying,
15 “The
land of Zebulun
and the land
of Naphtali,
toward the sea,
beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the
Gentiles,
16 the
people who sat
in darkness saw
a great light;
to those who
sat in the
region and shadow
of death,
to them light
has dawned.”
17 From
that time, Jesus
began to preach,
and to say,
“Repent! For
the Kingdom of
Heaven is at
hand.”
18 Walking
by the sea
of Galilee, he
saw two brothers:
Simon, who is
called Peter,
and Andrew, his brother, casting
a net into the
sea; for they
were fishermen.
19 He
said to them,
“Come after me,
and I will
make you fishers
for men.”
20 They
immediately left their
nets and followed
him.
21 Going
on from there,
he saw two
other brothers, James
the son of Zebedee,
and John
his brother, in
the boat with
Zebedee their
father, mending
their nets. He
called them.
22 They
immediately left the
boat and their
father, and followed
him.
23 Jesus
went about in
all Galilee,
teaching in their
synagogues, preaching
the Good News
of the Kingdom,
and healing every
disease and every
sickness among the
people.
24 The report
about him went
out into all
Syria. They
brought to him
all who were
sick, afflicted
with various
diseases and torments,
possessed with demons,
epileptics, and
paralytics; and he
healed them.
25 Great
multitudes from
Galilee, Decapolis,
Jerusalem, Judea,
and from beyond
the Jordan followed
him.