MatthewChapter 4

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¹Then the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²Jesus went without food for forty days and forty nights. After that, he was hungry. ³The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to turn into bread." ⁴But Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city. He set him on the highest point of the temple. ⁶"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: 'He will command his angels to take care of you. They will lift you up in their hands, so you won't hit your foot on a stone.'" ⁷Jesus answered, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain. He showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹"I will give you all this," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me." ¹⁰"Go away, Satan!" Jesus told him. "For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'" ¹¹Then the devil left him. And angels came and took care of him. ¹²Jesus heard that John had been put in prison. So he went back to Galilee. ¹³He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum. This town is by the sea, in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali. ¹⁴This fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah had said: ¹⁵"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. ¹⁶The people living in darkness have seen a great light. Light has dawned on those living in the land of the shadow of death." ¹⁷From that time on, Jesus began to preach. He said, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." ¹⁸Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee. He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea, because they were fishermen. ¹⁹"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." ²⁰Right away they left their nets and followed him. ²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers. They were James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, fixing their nets. Jesus called them. ²²Right away they left the boat and their father and followed him. ²³Jesus went all over Galilee. He taught in their synagogues. He preached the good news of the kingdom. And he healed every disease and sickness among the people. ²⁴News about him spread all over Syria. People brought him all who were sick with many kinds of diseases. They brought those in great pain, those who had demons, those who had seizures, and those who could not move. And he healed them. ²⁵Large crowds followed him. They came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and the land beyond the Jordan.a