1 Then Jesus was brought up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.
2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he finally became hungry.
3 Then the tempter approached him and said, "If you are the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread."
4 But he replied, "It is written: 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.'"
5 Then the devil took him along into the holy city, and he stood him on the highest point of the temple
6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written, 'He will give orders to his angels concerning you,' and 'They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
7 Jesus said to him, "It is also written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
8 Once more the devil took him to an extremely high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,
9 and he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you fall down and worship me."
10 Then Jesus told him, "Get away, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone.'"
11 Then the devil let him go, and look, angels came and attended to him.
12 When Jesus heard that John had been handed over, he departed into Galilee.
13 He left Nazareth behind and came and settled in Capernaum, the town beside the sea, within the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14 in order that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled, which says,
15 "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
16 the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and for those sitting in the land and shadow of death, a light rose upon them."
17 From then on Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has drawn near."
18 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew, throwing a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
19 And he said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."
20 Leaving their nets at once, they followed him.
21 Going on from there, he saw two more brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, repairing their nets; and he called them.
22 And at once, leaving the boat and their father, they followed him.
23 Jesus went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.
24 The report about him went out through all Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick, gripped by various diseases and torments, those possessed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
25 Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan.