¹⁰ Then Jesus *said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘^(A)You shall worship the Lord your God, and ^[a]serve Him only.’” ¹¹ Then the devil *left Him; and behold, ^(B)angels came and began to serve Him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹² Now when Jesus heard that ^(C)John had been taken into custody, ^(D)He withdrew into Galilee; ¹³ and leaving Nazareth, He came and ^(E)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 (H)From that time Jesus began to ^[d]preach and say, “^(I)Repent, for the kingdom of heaven ^[e]is at hand.”

The First Disciples

^18 (J)Now as Jesus was walking by ^(K)the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, ^(L)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, “^[f]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, ^[g](M)James the son of Zebedee, and his brother ^[h]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 ^(N)about in all of Galilee, ^(O)teaching in their synagogues and ^(P)proclaiming the ^[i]gospel of the kingdom, and ^(Q)healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

²⁴ And the news about Him spread ^(R)throughout Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and severe pain, ^(S)demon-possessed, people with ^(T)epilepsy, and people who were ^(U)paralyzed; and He healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds ^(V)followed Him from Galilee and ^(W)the Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from ^(X)beyond the Jordan.

^8 (A)Be of sober spirit, ^(B)be on the alert. Your adversary, ^(C)the devil, prowls around like a roaring ^(D)lion, seeking someone to devour.

² And he took hold of the ^(A)dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(B)bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he threw him into the ^(C)abyss and shut it and ^(D)sealed it over him, so that he would ^(E)not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

Satan Freed and Doomed

⁷ When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be ^(A)released from his prison, ⁸ and will come out to ^(B)deceive the nations which are at the ^(C)four corners of the earth, ^(D)Gog and Magog, to ^(E)gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the ^(F)sand of the ^[a]seashore. ⁹ And they ^(G)came up on the ^[b]broad plain of the earth and surrounded the ^(H)camp of the ^[c]saints and the ^(I)beloved city, and ^(J)fire came down from heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ And ^(K)the devil who ^(L)deceived them was thrown into the ^(M)lake of fire and ^[d]brimstone, where the ^(N)beast and the ^(O)false prophet are also; and they will be ^(P)tormented day and night forever and ever.