The Temptation of Jesus

4 Then^(A) Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.^{(B) 2} After he had fasted forty days and forty nights,^(C) he was hungry. ³ Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”^(D)

⁴ He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”^[a](E)

⁵ Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,^{(F) 6} and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:

⁷ Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”^[c](I)

⁸ Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ⁹ And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”^[d]

¹⁰ Then Jesus told him, “Go away,^[e] Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”^[f](J)

¹¹ Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.^(K)

Ministry in Galilee

¹² When he heard that John had been arrested,^(L) he withdrew into Galilee.^{(M) 13} He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum^(N) by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. ¹⁴ This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁷ From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven^(P) has come near.”

The First Disciples

¹⁸ As^(Q) he was walking along the Sea of Galilee,^(R) he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ “Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fish for^[i] people.” ²⁰ Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

²¹ Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them. ²² Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Teaching, Preaching, and Healing

²³ Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee,^(S) teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every^[j] disease and sickness^[k] among the people.^{(T) 24} Then the news about him spread throughout Syria.^(U) So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics.^(V) And he healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.^(W)