1Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
2He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry.
3The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
4But Jesus answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.'"
5Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on the highest point of the temple.
6He said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will give his angels orders about you. They will hold you up in their hands, so that you never strike your foot against a stone.'"
7Jesus said to him, "It is also written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
8Again the devil took him up to a very high mountain. He showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
9He said to him, "I will give you all these things, if you will fall down and worship me."
10Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan. For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"
11Then the devil left him, and look, angels came and cared for him.
13He left Nazareth and came and lived in Capernaum, which is beside the sea, in the lands of Zabulon and Nephthalim.
14This was so that what was spoken by Esaias the prophet might come true. He said,
15"The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;"
16"the people who sat in darkness saw a great light. Light has dawned for those who sat in the land where death casts its shadow."
17From that time Jesus began to preach. He said, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
18As Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother. They were throwing a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
19He said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
20At once they left their nets and followed him.
21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.
22Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.
23Jesus went all through Galilee. He taught in their synagogues, and preached the gospel of the kingdom, and healed every kind of sickness and every kind of disease among the people.
24News about him spread through all Syria. People brought to him all who were ill with many kinds of diseases and pains, and those who had demons, and those who were mad, and those who were paralysed. He healed them.