And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.

If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”

Jesus Begins His Ministry

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?”

But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land,

When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”

For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,

And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”

And after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored.

The Twelve Apostles

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon,

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

“Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant

After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”

And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.

Messengers from John the Baptist

The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John,

(When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,