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The Temptation of Jesus
1 AThen Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness
Bto be tempted by the devil.
2 And after He had
Afasted forty days and forty nights, He
1then became hungry.
3 And
Athe tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the
BSon of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But He answered and said,
“It is written, ‘AMᴀɴ sʜᴀʟʟ ɴoᴛ ʟɪvᴇ oɴ ʙʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀʟoɴᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ oɴ ᴇvᴇʀʏ woʀᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘʀocᴇᴇᴅs oᴜᴛ oꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍoᴜᴛʜ oꜰ Goᴅ.’ ” 5 Then the devil *took Him into
Athe holy city and had Him stand 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,
‘
AHᴇ wɪʟʟ coᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ Hɪs ᴀɴɢᴇʟs coɴcᴇʀɴɪɴɢ Yoᴜ’;
and
‘Oɴ their ʜᴀɴᴅs ᴛʜᴇʏ wɪʟʟ ʙᴇᴀʀ Yoᴜ ᴜᴘ,
So ᴛʜᴀᴛ Yoᴜ wɪʟʟ ɴoᴛ sᴛʀɪᴋᴇ Yoᴜʀ ꜰooᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ᴀ sᴛoɴᴇ.’ ”
7 Jesus said to him,
“1On the other hand, it is written, ‘AYoᴜ sʜᴀʟʟ ɴoᴛ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ Loʀᴅ ʏoᴜʀ Goᴅ ᴛo ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇsᴛ.’ ” 8 AAgain, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;
9 and he said to Him, “
AAll these things I will give You, if You fall down and
1worship me.”
10 Then Jesus *said to him,
“Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘AYoᴜ sʜᴀʟʟ woʀsʜɪᴘ ᴛʜᴇ Loʀᴅ ʏoᴜʀ Goᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ 1sᴇʀvᴇ Hɪᴍ oɴʟʏ.’ ” 11 Then the devil *left Him; and behold,
Aangels came and
began to minister to Him.
Jesus Begins His Ministry
12 Now when Jesus heard that
AJohn had been taken into custody,
BHe withdrew into Galilee;
13 and leaving Nazareth, He came and
Asettled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
14 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
15 “
ATʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ oꜰ Zᴇʙᴜʟᴜɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ oꜰ Nᴀᴘʜᴛᴀʟɪ,
1Bʏ ᴛʜᴇ wᴀʏ oꜰ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴀ, ʙᴇʏoɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Joʀᴅᴀɴ, Gᴀʟɪʟᴇᴇ oꜰ ᴛʜᴇ
2Gᴇɴᴛɪʟᴇs—
16 “
ATʜᴇ ᴘᴇoᴘʟᴇ wʜo wᴇʀᴇ sɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇss sᴀw ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ Lɪɢʜᴛ,
Aɴᴅ ᴛʜosᴇ wʜo wᴇʀᴇ sɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴀᴅow oꜰ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ,
Uᴘoɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀ Lɪɢʜᴛ ᴅᴀwɴᴇᴅ.”
17 AFrom that time Jesus began to
1preach and say,
“BRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” The First Disciples
18 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.
19 And He *said to them,
“1Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
21 Going on from there He saw two other brothers,
1AJames the
son of Zebedee, and
2John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them.
22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
Ministry in Galilee
23 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.
24 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,
1Cepileptics,
Dparalytics; and He healed them.
25 Large crowds
Afollowed Him from Galilee and
Bthe Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and
from Cbeyond the Jordan.