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¹ Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.[xr] ² After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he finally became hungry. ³ The tempter came and said to him, "If[fn] you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread." ⁴ But he answered, "It is written,[xr] 'One must not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out of the mouth of God.'"[fn] ⁵ Then the devil took him to the Holy City[fn] and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.[xr] ⁶ He said to Jesus,[fn] "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written,[xr] 'God[fn] will put his angels in charge of you,' and 'With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"[fn] ⁷ Jesus said to him, "It is also written,[xr] 'You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"[fn] ⁸ Once more the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ⁹ He said to Jesus,[fn] "I will give you all of these things if you will bow down and worship me!" ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, "Go away,[fn] Satan! For it is written,[xr] 'You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"[fn] ¹¹ Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to him.[xr]

¹² Now when Jesus[fn] heard that John had been arrested, he went back to Galilee.[xr] ¹³ He left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴ in order to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said, ¹⁵ "O Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,[xr] on the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles! ¹⁶ The people living[fn] in darkness have seen a great light,[xr] and for those living[fn] in the land and shadow of death, a light has risen."[fn] ¹⁷ From then on, Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!"[xr]

¹⁸ While Jesus[fn] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers - Simon, who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.[xr] ¹⁹ He said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishermen of people!"[xr] ²⁰ So at once they left their nets and followed him.[xr] ²¹ Going on from there he saw two other brothers - James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them,[xr] ²² they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

²³ Then he went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.[xr] ²⁴ His fame spread throughout Syria, and people[fn] brought to him all who were sick - those afflicted with various diseases and pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralyzed - and he healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis,[fn] Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan.[xr]