Matthew 4
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
3 The tempter came up to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
4 He answered, “It is written: ‘A human being does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the Devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple.
6 He 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 they will carry you in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
8 The Devil took him again to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9 He said, “I will give you all this if you bow down and worship me.”
10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’”
11 Then the Devil left him, and angels came and served him.
12 When he heard that John had been arrested, Jesus withdrew to Galilee.
13 He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum, by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14 to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations—
16 the people sitting in darkness saw a great light; and for those sitting in the region and shadow of death, a light dawned.”
17 From then on Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
18 As he walked along the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.
19 He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of people.”
20 They immediately left their nets and followed him.
21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and he called them.
22 They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
23 Jesus traveled throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.
24 His fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all who were suffering from various diseases and torments, those possessed by demons, those with seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them.
25 Large crowds followed him, coming from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and the other side of the Jordan.
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