Mark 1:12-20
English Standard Version
The Temptation of Jesus
12 (A)The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 (B)And he was in the wilderness forty days, being (C)tempted by (D)Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and (E)the angels were ministering to him.
Jesus Begins His Ministry
14 (F)Now after John was arrested, Jesus (G)came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, (H)“The time is fulfilled, and (I)the kingdom of God is at hand;[a] (J)repent and believe in the gospel.”
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
16 (K)Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become (L)fishers of men.”[b] 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
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