Jesus Is Tested in the
Wilderness
1Then
Jesus was
led by the
Spirit
into the
wilderness
to be
tempted by
the devil.
2 After
fasting
forty days
and forty
nights, he
was
hungry.
3 The
tempter
came to
him and
said, “If
you are
the Son of
God, tell
these
stones to
become
bread.”
4 Jesus
answered,
“It is
written:
‘Man shall
not live
on bread
alone, but
on every
word that
comes from
the mouth
of God.’”
5 Then
the devil
took him
to the
holy city
and had
him stand
on the
highest
point of
the
temple.
6 “If
you are
the Son of
God,” he
said,
“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
will not
strike
your foot
against a
stone.’”
7 Jesus
answered
him,
“It is
also
written:
‘Do not
put the
Lord your
God to the
test.’”
8 Again,
the devil
took him
to a very
high
mountain
and showed
him all
the
kingdoms
of the
world and
their
splendor.
9 “All
this I
will give
you,” he
said, “if
you will
bow down
and
worship
me.”
10 Jesus said to him,
“Away from
me, Satan!
For it is
written:
‘Worship
the Lord
your God,
and serve
him
only.’”
11 Then the devil left him, and angels
came and
attended
him.
Jesus Begins to Preach
12 When Jesus heard that John had been
put in
prison, he
withdrew
to
Galilee.
13 Leaving
Nazareth,
he went
and lived
in
Capernaum,
which was
by the
lake in
the area
of Zebulun
and
Naphtali—
14 to
fulfill
what was
said
through
the
prophet
Isaiah:
15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the
Way of the
Sea,
beyond the
Jordan,
Galilee
of the
Gentiles—
16 the
people
living in
darkness
have
seen a
great
light;
on those
living in
the land
of the
shadow of
death
a
light has
dawned.”
17 From that time on Jesus began to
preach,
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has
come
near.”
Jesus Calls His First
Disciples
18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of
Galilee,
he saw two
brothers,
Simon
called
Peter and
his
brother
Andrew.
They were
casting a
net into
the lake,
for they
were
fishermen.
19 “Come,
follow
me,”
Jesus
said,
“and I
will send
you out to
fish for
people.”
20 At
once they
left their
nets and
followed
him.
21 Going on from there, he saw two other
brothers,
James son
of Zebedee
and his
brother
John. They
were in a
boat with
their
father
Zebedee,
preparing
their
nets.
Jesus
called
them,
22 and
immediately
they left
the boat
and their
father and
followed
him.
Jesus Heals the Sick
23 Jesus went throughout Galilee,
teaching
in their
synagogues,
proclaiming
the good
news of
the
kingdom,
and
healing
every
disease
and
sickness
among the
people.
24 News
about him
spread all
over
Syria, and
people
brought to
him all
who were
ill with
various
diseases,
those
suffering
severe
pain, the
demon-possessed,
those
having
seizures,
and the
paralyzed;
and he
healed
them.
25 Large
crowds
from
Galilee,
the
Decapolis,
Jerusalem,
Judea and
the region
across the
Jordan
followed
him.