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Then Jesus was led
by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
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After fasting forty
days and forty nights, he was hungry. |
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The tempter came to
him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become
bread.”
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Jesus answered,
“It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread
alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” |
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Then the devil took
him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
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“If you are the Son
of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will
command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
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Jesus answered him,
“It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your
God to the test.’ ”
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Again, the devil
took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the
world and their splendor.
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“All this I will
give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
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Jesus said to him,
“Away from me, Satan! For it is written:
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’ ”
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Then the devil left
him, and angels came and attended him. |
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When Jesus heard
that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee.
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Leaving Nazareth, he
went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun
and Naphtali—
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to fulfill what was
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“Land of Zebulun and
land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the
Gentiles–
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the people living in
darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow
of death a light has dawned.”
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From that time on
Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom
of heaven is near.”
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As Jesus was walking
beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his
brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were
fishermen.
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“Come, follow
me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” |
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At once they left
their nets and followed him. |
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Going on from there,
he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They
were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus
called them,
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and immediately they
left the boat and their father and followed him.
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Jesus went
throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of
the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
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News about him
spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with
various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demonpossessed, those
having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them.
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Large crowds from
Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan
followed him.
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