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The Temptation of Jesus

^1 (C1)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness ^(C2)to be tempted by the devil.² And after He had ^(C1)fasted forty days and forty nights, He ^(F1)then became hungry.³ And ^(C1)the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the ^(C2)Son of God, command that these stones become bread."⁴ But He answered and said, "It is written, '^(C1)MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'"

⁵ Then the devil ^(*)took Him into ^(C1)the 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,

'^(C1)HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU';
and
'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP,
SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"

^8 (C1)Again, 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, "^(C1)All these things I will give You, if You fall down and ^(F1)worship me."¹⁰ Then Jesus ^(*)said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, '^(C1)YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND ^(F1)SERVE HIM ONLY.'"¹¹ Then the devil ^(*)left Him; and behold, ^(C1)angels came and began to minister to Him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹² Now when Jesus heard that ^(C1)John had been taken into custody, ^(C2)He withdrew into Galilee;¹³ and leaving Nazareth, He came and ^(C1)settled 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 "^(C1)THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI,
^(F1)BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, BEYOND THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE ^(F2)GENTILES--

¹⁶ "^(C1)THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT,
AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH,
UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED."

^17 (C1)From that time Jesus began to ^(F1)preach and say, "^(C2)Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

The First Disciples

^18 (C1)Now as Jesus was walking by ^(C2)the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, ^(C3)Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.¹⁹ And He ^(*)said to them, "^(F1)Follow 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, ^(F1)(C1)James the son of Zebedee, and ^(F2)John 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 ^(C1)throughout all Galilee, ^(C2)teaching in their synagogues and ^(C3)proclaiming the ^(F1)gospel of the kingdom, and ^(C4)healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

²⁴ The news about Him spread ^(C1)throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and pains, ^(C2)demoniacs, ^(F1)(C3)epileptics, ^(C4)paralytics; and He healed them.²⁵ Large crowds ^(C1)followed Him from Galilee and ^(C2)the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from ^(C3)beyond the Jordan.