Matthew 4
The Temptation of Jesus
Then Jesus was led up
by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When he had fasted forty days and
forty nights, he was hungry afterward. The tempter came and said to him,
"If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become
bread."
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
Then the devil took him
into the holy city. He 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 give his
angels charge concerning you.' and,
'On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"
Jesus said to him,
"Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord,
your God.'"
Again, the devil took
him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of
the world, and their glory. He said to him, "I will give
you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."
Then Jesus said to
him, "Get behind me, 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 served him.
Jesus Begins to Preach
Now when Jesus heard that John
was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he came and
lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and
Naphtali, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The land of
Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles,
the people who sat in
darkness saw a great light,
to those who sat in the region and shadow of death,
to them light has dawned."
From that time, Jesus
began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom
of Heaven is at hand."
The Calling of the First Disciples
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. He said to
them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for
men."
They immediately left
their nets and followed him. 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. He called them.
They immediately left the
boat and their father, and followed him.
Jesus Heals the Sick
Jesus went about in
all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the
Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
The report about him went
out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with
various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and
paralytics; and he healed them. Great multitudes from Galilee,
Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
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