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 the mouth of God.’”
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 give his angels charge 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,*1 Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall
worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to 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*2 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 gospel 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.
1 TR and NU read “Go
away” instead of “Get behind me”
2 TR reads “Jesus” instead of
“he”
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