Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty
nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If
you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of
bread.” But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the
pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God,
throw yourself down, for it is written,
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put
the Lord your God to the test.’” Again, the devil took him to a
very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and
their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you
will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone,
Satan! For it is written,
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and him only shall you serve.’”
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were
ministering to him.
Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into
Galilee. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the
sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what was
spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the
Gentiles—
the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.”
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for
the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon
(who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into
the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me,
and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their
nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other
brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the
boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called
them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed
him.
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues
and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease
and every affliction among the people. So his fame spread
throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those
afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by
demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.
And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and
from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
