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Satan Tempts The Son of God To Act Contrary To His Father’s Will

4 Then Jesus was led-up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil. ² And having fasted for forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. ³ And having come to Him, the one tempting said to Him, “If You are^[a] God’s Son, say that these stones should become loaves-of-bread”. ⁴ But the One, having responded, said, “It has been written [in Deut 8:3]: ‘Mankind^[b] shall live not on bread alone, but on every word proceeding-out through the mouth of God’” ⁵ Then the devil takes Him into the holy city. And he stood Him on the pinnacle of the temple. ⁶ And he says to Him, “If You are God’s Son, throw Yourself down. For it has been written: ‘Because^[c] He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up on their hands that You may not ever strike Your foot against a stone’” [Ps 91:11-12]. ⁷ Jesus said to him, “Again^[d], it has been written: ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test’” [Deut 6:16]. ⁸ Again, the devil takes Him to a very high mountain and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹ And he said to Him, “I will give all these things to You if, having fallen-down, You give-worship to me”. ¹⁰ Then Jesus says to him, “Go-away, Satan! For it has been written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only’” [Deut 6:13]. ¹¹ Then the devil leaves Him. And behold— angels came to Him and were ministering to Him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry In Capernaum of Galilee, Fulfilling Isaiah

¹² And having heard that John was handed-over^[e] [to prison], He went-back^[f] into Galilee. ¹³ And having left-behind Nazareth, having come, He dwelled in Capernaum, the one by-the-sea in the districts of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴ in order that the thing might be fulfilled having been spoken through Isaiah the prophet saying ¹⁵ “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— ¹⁶ the people sitting in darkness saw a great Light. And for the ones sitting in the region and shadow of death, a Light rose for them” [Isa 9:1-2]. ¹⁷ From that time on Jesus began to proclaim and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn-near”.

Jesus Calls Peter And Andrew And Then James And John To Follow Him

¹⁸ And while walking beside the Sea of Galilee He saw two brothers— Simon (the one being called Peter) and Andrew, his brother— throwing a casting-net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And He says to them, “Come after Me and I will make you fishermen of people”. ²⁰ And immediately the ones, having left the nets, followed Him. ²¹ And having gone on from there He saw two other brothers— James (the son of Zebedee) and John, his brother— preparing^[g] their nets in the boat with Zebedee their father. And He called them. ²² And immediately the ones, having left the boat and their father, followed Him.

Jesus Goes Around All Galilee Teaching And Healing Every Disease

²³ And He was going around in all Galilee— teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good-news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every infirmity among the people. ²⁴ And the report^[h] of Him went into all Syria^[i]. And they brought to Him all the ones being ill, being gripped^[j] with various diseases and torments, and being demon-possessed, and having seizures^[k], and paralytics. And He cured them.

The Teachings of The King: True Righteousness Expounded With Divine Authority

²⁵ And large crowds from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan followed Him.

In The Wilderness, Jesus Is Tempted By Satan To Act Contrary To His Father’s Will

4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. And He was being led in the Spirit in the wilderness ² for forty days while being tempted by the devil. And He did not eat anything during those days. And they having been completed, He was hungry. ³ And the devil said to Him, “If You are^[a] God’s Son, say^[b] to this stone that it should become bread”. ⁴ And Jesus responded to him, “It has been written [in Deut 8:3] that ‘Mankind^[c] shall not live on bread alone’”. ⁵ And having led Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶ And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this authority and their glory, because it has been handed-over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. ⁷ Therefore if You worship before me, it will all be Yours”. ⁸ And having responded, Jesus said to him “It has been written [in Deut 6:13], ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only’”. ⁹ And he led Him into Jerusalem and stood Him on the pinnacle of the temple. And he said to Him, “If You are God’s Son, throw Yourself down from here. ¹⁰ For it has been written [in Ps 91:11] that ‘He will command His angels concerning You that they might protect You’, ¹¹ and [in Ps 91:12] that ‘They will lift You up on their hands that You may not ever strike Your foot against a stone’”. ¹² And having responded, Jesus said to him that “It has been said [in Deut 6:16], ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test’”. ¹³ And having completed every temptation, the devil departed from Him until an opportune-time.

Jesus Returns To Galilee And Begins Teaching In Their Synagogues

¹⁴ And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit. And news about Him went out throughout the whole surrounding-region. ¹⁵ And He was teaching in their synagogues, while being glorified by all.

Jesus Comes To Nazareth And Reads Isaiah 61:1-2 In The Synagogue

¹⁶ And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought-up. And in accordance with the thing having become-a-custom with him, He entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him. And having unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it had been written [in Isa 61:1-2]: ¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because of which He anointed Me to announce-good-news to poor ones. He has sent me out to proclaim a release to captives and recovery-of-sight to blind ones, to send-out with a release ones having been broken^[d], ¹⁹ to proclaim the acceptable^[e] year of the Lord”. ²⁰ And having rolled up the scroll, having given it back to the attendant, He sat-down^[f]. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were looking-intently at Him.

Jesus Says: Today This Scripture Is Fulfilled In Your Ears. They Drive Him Out

²¹ And He began to say to them that “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ears”. ²² And they all were^[g] testifying concerning Him, and marveling at the words of ^[h] grace proceeding from His mouth. And they were saying, “Is not this One Joseph’s son?” ²³ And He said to them, “You will surely speak this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, cure yourself’. Do also here in your hometown all-that we heard having taken place in Capernaum”. ²⁴ But He said, “Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable^[i] in his hometown. ²⁵ And I say to you in accordance with [God’s] truth— there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when a great famine took place over all the land. ²⁶ And Elijah was sent to none^[j] of them, except to [the village of] Zarephath of-Sidon, to a widow woman. ²⁷ And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. And none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian”. ²⁸ And they were all filled with fury in the synagogue while hearing these things. ²⁹ And having arisen, they drove Him outside of the city, and led Him up to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built so as to throw Him down the cliff. ³⁰ But He, having gone through the middle of them, was proceeding.

Jesus Goes To Capernaum And Teaches. They Are Astounded At His Authority

³¹ And He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And He was teaching them on the Sabbath. ³² And they were astounded at His teaching, because His message was with authority.

Jesus Orders a Demon To Leave a Man. They Are Astonished At His Power

³³ And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried-out with a loud voice, ³⁴ “Let-us-alone^[k]! What^[l] do we have to do with You, Jesus from-Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know You, Who You are: the Holy One of God!” ³⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silenced and come out from him”. And the demon, having thrown him down into their midst, came out from him, not having hurt him at all. ³⁶ And astonishment came over everyone. And they were talking-with one another, saying, “What is this message? Because He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!” ³⁷ And the news about Him was going out into every place of the surrounding-region.

In Simon’s Home That Night, Many Are Healed

³⁸ And having arisen from the synagogue, He entered into the house of Simon. Now the mother-in-law of Simon was being gripped^[m] with a high fever. And they asked Him concerning her. ³⁹ And having stood over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her. And having stood up at-once, she was serving them. ⁴⁰ And while the sun was setting^[n], all who were having ones being sick with various diseases brought them to Him. And the One, laying His hands on each one of them, was curing them. ⁴¹ And demons also were coming out from many, shouting, and saying that “You are the Son of God!” And rebuking them, He was not allowing them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

Jesus Proceeds On To Announce The Kingdom of God To Other Cities

⁴² And having become day, having gone out, He went to a desolate^[o] place. And the crowds were seeking-for Him. And they came to Him and were holding^[p] Him back that He might not proceed from them. ⁴³ And the One said to them that “I must also announce the kingdom of God as good news to the other cities, because I was sent-forth for this purpose”.

While Jesus Teaches The Crowds By The Lake of Gennesaret, He Uses Simon’s Boat

⁴⁴ And He was proclaiming in the synagogues of Judea. 5 ¹ And it came about during the crowd’s pressing-upon Him and listening-to the word of God that He was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret^[q]. ² And He saw two boats standing beside the lake. And the fishermen, having gotten-out of them, were washing their nets. ³ And having gotten into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, He asked him to put-out a little from the land. And having sat-down, He was teaching the crowds from the boat.

Jesus Brings Simon a Great Catch of Fish. Now You Will Be Catching People

⁴ And when He ceased speaking, He said to Simon, “Put-out into the deep [water] and lower^[r] your nets for a catch”. ⁵ And having responded, Simon said, “Master, having labored through the whole night, we took nothing. But at^[s] Your word, I will lower the nets. ⁶ And having done this, they enclosed a large number of fish. And their nets were being torn. ⁷ And they signaled to their companions in the other boat that having come, they might help them. And they came. And they filled both the boats so that they were sinking. ⁸ And having seen it, Simon Peter fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, Master”. ⁹ For astonishment at the catch of fish which they took seized him, and all the ones with him. ¹⁰ And likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be fearing. From now on you will be catching^[t] people!” ¹¹ And having brought their boats on land, having left everything, they followed Him.

Jesus Heals a Man Full of Leprosy. Word of Jesus Spread Even More

¹² And it came about during His being in one of the cities that behold— there was a man full of leprosy. And having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he begged Him, saying, “Master, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me”. ¹³ And having stretched-out His hand, He touched him, saying, “I am willing^[u]. Be cleansed”. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. ¹⁴ And He ordered him to tell no one, “But having gone, show yourself to the priest^[v] and offer the things for your cleansing just as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them”. ¹⁵ But the word about Him was spreading more, and large crowds were coming together to hear, and to be cured from their infirmities. ¹⁶ But He was retreating within the desolate places and praying.

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man To Prove He Has The Authority To Forgive Sins

¹⁷ And it came about on one of the days, that He was teaching. And Pharisees and Law-teachers were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present that He might be healing. ¹⁸ And behold— men bringing on a bed a man who had been paralyzed. And they were seeking to bring him in, and to place him before Him. ¹⁹ And not having found by what way they might bring him in because of the crowd, having gone up on the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the little-bed into their midst, in front of Jesus. ²⁰ And having seen their faith, He said, “Man, your sins have been forgiven you”. ²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this One Who is speaking blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?” ²² But Jesus, having known their reasonings, having responded, said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you’, or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? ²⁴ But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”— He said to the one having been paralyzed, “I say to you, arise, and having picked up your little-bed, proceed to your house”. ²⁵ And having stood-up at once in their presence, having picked up the thing upon which he was lying-down, he went to his house glorifying God. ²⁶ And astonishment seized everyone. And they were glorifying God. And they were filled with awe, saying that “We saw incredible things today”.

Jesus Calls Levi The Tax Collector And Eats With His Friends. I Came For Sinners

²⁷ And after these things, He went out and saw a tax-collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax-office^[w]. And He said to him, “Be following Me!” ²⁸ And having left-behind everything, having stood up, he was following Him. ²⁹ And Levi made a great reception^[x] for Him in his house. And there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining [to eat] with them. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling to His disciples, saying, “For what reason are you eating and drinking with the tax collectors and sinners^[y]?” ³¹ And having responded, Jesus said to them, “The ones being healthy have no need of a physician, but the ones being ill. ³² I have not come to call righteous ones to repentance, but sinners”.

Why Do Your Disciples Not Fast? The Bridegroom Is Here. New Wineskins

³³ And the ones said to Him, “The disciples of John are fasting^[z] frequently and making prayers. Likewise also the ones of the Pharisees. But Yours are eating and drinking”. ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the sons^[aa] of the wedding-hall fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? ³⁵ But days will come. And when the bridegroom is taken-away from them, then they will fast in those days”. ³⁶ And He was also speaking a parable to them, that “No one having torn a patch from a new garment puts it on an old garment. Otherwise indeed he^[ab] will both tear the new, and the patch from the new will not agree^[ac] with the old. ³⁷ And no one puts new^[ad] wine into old wineskins. Otherwise indeed the new wine will burst the wineskins, and it will spill-out, and the wineskins will be ruined. ³⁸ But new wine must-be-put into fresh wineskins. ³⁹ And no one having drunk old wine desires^[ae] new. For he says, ‘The old is good’”.

¹⁵ John testifies concerning Him, and has cried-out saying, “This One was the One of Whom I said, ‘The One coming after me has become ahead of me, because He was before me’”.

We All Received From The Fullness of Grace And Truth He Brought

¹⁶ Because we all received from His fullness— even grace upon grace. ¹⁷ Because the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Only-Born God Revealed The Father To Us

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; the only-born^[a] God, the One being^[b] in the bosom of the Father— that One expounded^[c] Him.

John Came Baptizing To Make Straight The Way of The Lord, As Isaiah Prophesied

¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews from Jerusalem sent-out priests and Levites to him in order that they might ask him, “Who are you?”, ²⁰ and he confessed and did not deny. And he confessed that “I am not the Christ”, ²¹ and they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not”. “Are you the^[d] Prophet?” And he answered, “No”. ²² Then they said to him, “Who are you, in order that we may give an answer to the ones having sent us? What do you say about yourself ?” ²³ He said, “I am the ‘voice of one shouting in the wilderness: “Make-straight the way of the Lord”’, just as Isaiah the prophet said [in Isa 40:3]”. ²⁴ And they^[e] had been sent-out from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” ²⁶ John responded to them saying, “I am baptizing with^[f] water. Amidst you stands One Whom you do not know— ²⁷ the One coming after me, of Whom I am not worthy that I may untie the strap of His sandal”. ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John Identifies Jesus As The Son of God Sent To Take Away The Sin of The World

²⁹ On the next day he sees Jesus coming toward him. And he says, “Look— the Lamb of God, the One taking-away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This One is the One about Whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me Who has become ahead of me, because He was before me’. ³¹ And I did not know Him. But I came baptizing with water for this reason— that He might be revealed to Israel”. ³² And John testified, saying that “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven. And He remained upon Him. ³³ And I did not know Him. But the One having sent me to baptize with water, that One said to me, ‘Upon whomever you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him— this One is the One baptizing with^[g] the Holy Spirit’. ³⁴ And I have seen, and have testified that this One is the Son of God”.

John Points His Disciples To The Lamb of God. Andrew And Peter Find The Messiah

³⁵ On the next day John was again standing there, and two of his disciples. ³⁶ And having looked at Jesus walking, he says, “Look— the Lamb of God”. ³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus. ³⁸ And Jesus, having turned and seen them following, says to them, “What are you seeking?” And the ones said to Him, “Rabbi (which being translated means “Teacher”), where are You staying?” ³⁹ He says to them, “Come, and you will see”. So they went, and saw where He was staying, and stayed with Him that day. The hour was about the tenth^[h]. ⁴⁰ Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two having heard it from John, and having followed Him. ⁴¹ This one first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which being translated is “Christ”). ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Having looked-at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas^[i]” (which is translated “Peter”).

Jesus Finds Philip, Who Finds Nathanael. They Follow The Son of God, The King of Israel

⁴³ On the next day He wanted^[j] to go forth to Galilee. And He finds Philip. And Jesus says to him, “Be following Me”. ⁴⁴ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found the One of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the Prophets wrote— Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth”. ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, “Is anything good able to be out of Nazareth?” Philip says to him, “Come and see”. ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and says about him, “Look— truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit”. ⁴⁸ Nathanael says to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus responded and said to him, “Before Philip called you, while being^[k] under the fig tree, I saw you”. ⁴⁹ Nathanael responded to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel”. ⁵⁰ Jesus responded and said to him, “Do^[l] you believe because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these!” ⁵¹ And He says to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you^[m] all, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man”.