4Then^l Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.^m ²After he had fasted forty days and forty nights,ⁿ he was hungry. ³Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”^o

⁴He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”^D^p

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

He will give his angels^r orders concerning you,

and they will support you with their hands

so that you will not strike

your foot against a stone.”^E^s

⁷Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”^F^t

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

¹⁰Then Jesus told him, “Go away,^H Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”^I^u

¹¹Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.^v

MINISTRY IN GALILEE

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

¹⁵Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentiles.

¹⁶The people who live in darkness

have seen a great light,

and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,

a light has dawned.^A^B^z

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

THE FIRST DISCIPLES

¹⁸As^ab he was walking along the Sea of Galilee,^ac 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^C people.” ²⁰Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

²¹Going 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. ²²Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

TEACHING, PREACHING, AND HEALING

²³Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee,^a teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every^D disease and sickness^E among the people.^b ²⁴Then the news about him spread throughout Syria.^c 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.^d And he healed them. ²⁵Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.^e

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Footnotes

GOr and pay me homage
HOther read “Get behind me
A dawned on them
COr you fishers of
DOr every kind of
EOr physical ailment

Cross references

l Mk 1:12–13; Lk 4:1–13
m Jos 15:61; Jdg 1:16; Jn 1:6–7; Jms 1:14
n Ex 34:28; 1Kg 19:8; Jn 9:4
o Mk 3:11; 5:7; Lk 1:35; 4:41; Jn 1:34,49; Ac 9:20
D Dt 8:3
p Dt 8:3
q Neh 11:1,18; Dn 9:24; Mt 27:53
r Gn 16:7; Mt 13:49; Lk 1:11; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6
E Ps 91:11–12
s Ps 91:11–12; 1Pt 2:8
F Dt 6:16
t Dt 6:16; 1Sm 7:3; 1Ch 21:1
I Dt 6:13
u Dt 6:13; 1Ch 21:1
v Mt 26:53; Lk 22:43; Heb 1:14
w Mt 14:3; Mk 1:14; Lk 3:20; Jn 3:24
x Lk 4:14; Jn 1:43; 2:11
y Mk 1:21; 2:1; Lk 4:23; Jn 2:12; 4:46
B Is 9:1–2
z Is 9:1–2; 42:7; Lk 2:32
aa Mt 3:2; 5:3,10,19–20; 7:21; 8:11; Mk 1:14
ab Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11; Jn 1:40–42
ac Mt 15:29; Mk 7:31; Lk 5:1; Jn 6:1
a Mk 1:35–39; Lk 4:42–44
b Mt 13:54; 24:14; Ac 10:38
c Lk 2:2; Ac 15:23; Gl 1:21
d Mt 8:16; 9:32; Mk 5:15; Jn 10:21
e Mk 3:7; 5:20; Lk 6:17