Read the Bible

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 for 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 COMES OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'"

⁵ Then the devil ^(*)took Him along into ^(C1)the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,⁶ and he ^(*)said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written:

'^(C1)HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS ORDERS CONCERNING YOU';
and
'ON THEIR HANDS THEY WILL LIFT YOU UP,
SO THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"

^8 (C1)Again, the devil ^(*)took Him along 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 away, 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 serve 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 happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:

¹⁵ "^(C1)THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI,
^(F1)BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 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 has come near."

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 his brother Andrew, 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 people."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 his brother ^(F2)John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, 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)about in all of Galilee, ^(C2)teaching in their synagogues and ^(C3)proclaiming the ^(F1)gospel of the kingdom, and ^(C4)healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

²⁴ And the news about Him spread ^(C1)throughout Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and severe pain, ^(C2)demon-possessed, people with ^(C3)epilepsy, and people who were ^(C4)paralyzed; 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.