Jesus Preaches in Galilee

^14 (A)Now after John was ^[a]taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, ^[b](B)preaching the gospel of God, ¹⁵ and saying, “^(C)The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God ^[c]is at hand; ^(D)repent and ^[d]believe in the gospel.”

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹² Now when Jesus heard that ^(A)John had been taken into custody, ^(B)He withdrew into Galilee; ¹³ and leaving Nazareth, He came and ^(C)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:

^17 (F)From that time Jesus began to ^[c]preach and say, “^(G)Repent, for the kingdom of heaven ^[d]is at hand.”

Genealogy of Jesus

^23 (A)When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years old, being, as was commonly held, the son of ^(B)Joseph, ^[a]the son of ^[b]Eli,

Healing an Official’s Son

⁴⁶ Therefore He came again to ^(A)Cana of Galilee, ^(B)where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at ^(C)Capernaum. ⁴⁷ When he heard that Jesus had come ^(D)from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and began asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see ^[a](E)signs and ^(F)wonders, you simply will not believe.” ⁴⁹ The royal official *said to Him, “^[b]Sir, come down before my child dies.” ⁵⁰ Jesus *said to him, “^(G)Go; your son ^[c]is alive.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went home. ⁵¹ And as he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his ^[d]son was ^[e]alive. ⁵² So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the ^[f]seventh hour the fever left him.” ⁵³ So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son is alive”; and he himself believed, and ^(H)his entire household. ⁵⁴ This is again a ^(I)second ^[g]sign that Jesus performed when He had ^(J)come from Judea into Galilee.

¹⁶ And He came to ^(A)Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, ^(B)He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and ^(C)stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

²⁰ And He ^(F)rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and ^(G)sat down; and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently directed at Him. ²¹ Now He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ^[a]hearing.” ²² And all the people were ^[b]speaking well of Him, and admiring the ^[c]gracious words which were coming from His ^[d]lips; and yet they were saying, “^(H)Is this not Joseph’s son?” ²³ And He said to them, “No doubt you will ^[e]quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! All the miracles that we heard were done ^(I)in Capernaum, do here in ^(J)your hometown as well.’” ²⁴ But He said, “Truly I say to you, ^(K)no prophet is welcome in his hometown. ²⁵ But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel ^(L)in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a ^[f]severe famine came over all the land; ²⁶ and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to ^[g](M)Zarephath, in the land of ^(N)Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷ And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was ^[h]cleansed, but only ^(O)Naaman the Syrian.” ²⁸ And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; ²⁹ and they got up and ^(P)drove Him out of the city, and brought Him to the ^[i]crest of the hill on which their city had been built, so that they could throw Him down from the cliff. ³⁰ But He ^(Q)passed through their midst and went on His way.

^16 (A)As He was going along the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will have you become fishers of people.” ¹⁸ Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. ¹⁹ And going on a little farther, He saw ^[a]James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, ^[b]who were also in the boat mending the nets. ²⁰ Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and went away ^[c]to follow Him.

The First Disciples

^18 (A)Now as Jesus was walking by ^(B)the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, ^(C)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, “^[a]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, ^[b](D)James the son of Zebedee, and his brother ^[c]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.

^21 (A)They *went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath Jesus ^(B)entered the synagogue and began to teach. ²² And ^(C)they were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. ²³ Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, ²⁴ saying, “^(D)What ^[a]business do you have with us, Jesus ^[b]of ^(E)Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are: ^(F)the Holy One of God!” ²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” ²⁶ After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him. ²⁷ And they were all ^(G)amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” ²⁸ Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding region of Galilee.

³¹ And ^(A)He came down to ^(B)Capernaum, a city of Galilee; and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; ³² and ^(C)they were amazed at His teaching, because ^(D)His ^[a]message was delivered with authority. ³³ In the synagogue there was a man ^[b]possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴ “Leave us alone! ^[c](E)What business do You have with us, Jesus ^[d]of ^(F)Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—^(G)the Holy One of God!” ³⁵ But Jesus ^(H)rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, it came out of him without doing him any harm. ³⁶ And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another, saying, “What is ^[e]this message? For ^(I)with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” ³⁷ And ^(J)the news about Him was spreading into every locality of the surrounding region.