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¹ Then, Jesus was led up into the wilderness, by the Spirit, to be tempted by the adversary;² and, fasting forty days and forty nights, - afterwards, he hungered.³ And, coming near, the tempter said to him, - If thou art God's, Son, speak! that, these stones, may become, loaves.⁴ But, he, answering, said, It is written, - Not on bread alone, shall man live, but on every declaration coming forth through the mouth of God.⁵ Then, the adversary taketh him with him, unto the holy city, - and he set him upon the pinnacle of the temple;⁶ and saith to him - If thou art God's, Son, cast thyself down, - for it is written, To his messengers, will he give charge concerning thee; and, on hands, will they bear thee up, lest once thou strike, against a stone, thy foot.⁷ Jesus said to him, Again, it is written, - Thou shalt not put to the test, the Lord thy God.⁸ Again, the adversary taketh him with him, into an exceeding high mountain, - and pointeth out to him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;⁹ and said to him, All these things, will I give thee, - if thou wilt fall down and worship me.¹⁰ Then saith Jesus unto him, Withdraw, Satan! for it is written, - The Lord thy God, shalt thou worship, and, to him alone, render divine service.¹¹ Then, the adversary leaveth him, - and lo! messengers came near, and began ministering unto him.

¹² And, hearing that, John, had been delivered up, he retired into Galilee;¹³ and, forsaking Nazareth, he came and fixed his dwelling in Capernaum, which was by the lake, - within the bounds of Zebulun and Naphtali:¹⁴ that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:¹⁵ Land of Zebulun, and land of Naphtali, the lake-way across the Jordan, - Galilee of the nations,¹⁶ The people that was sitting in darkness, a great light, beheld, - and, on them who were sitting in land and shade of death, Light rose on them.¹⁷ From that time, began Jesus to be making proclamation, and saying, - Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens hath drawn near.

¹⁸ And, walking round beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren - Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, - casting a large fishing-net into the sea, for they were fishers;¹⁹ and he saith unto them, Come after me, - and I will make you fishers, of men.²⁰ And, they, straightway, leaving the nets, followed him.²¹ And, going forward from thence, he saw other two brethren - James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother - in the boat with Zebedee their father, putting in order their nets, - and he called them.²² And, they, straightway, leaving the boat and their father, followed him.

²³ And Jesus was going round throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the glad-message of the kingdom, - and curing every disease, and every infirmity, among the people.²⁴ And forth went the report of him into all Syria; and they brought unto him all who were sick, with divers diseases and tortures, distressed, demonized and lunatic and paralyzed, - and he cured them.²⁵ And there followed him large multitudes - from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and across the Jordan.