﻿Matthew.
Chapter 4.
Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil. 
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 
The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 
But he answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” 
Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple. 
He 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, ‘They will lift you up in their hands, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’” 
Jesus said to him, “It is also written: ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 
Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 
He said to him, “I will give you all these things if you fall down and worship me.” 
Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone.’” 
Then the devil left him, and angels came and ministered to him. 
When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 
He left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 
to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 
“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: 
the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and on those sitting in the land and shadow of death a light has dawned.” 
From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 
As he walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 
He said to them, “Follow 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, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, 
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. 
He went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 
News of him spread throughout Syria. They brought him all who were ill, afflicted with various diseases and pains, those possessed by demons, those suffering seizures, and those who were paralyzed, and he healed them. 
Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. 
