Matthew 4

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1. 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2. 2After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry.
3. 3The tempter approached him and said, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into bread."
4. 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
5. 5Then the devil took him to the holy city and stood him on the highest point of the temple.
6. 6and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will carry you in their hands so that you never strike your foot against a stone.’”
7. 7Jesus replied, "It is also written: 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.'"
8. 8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9. 9He said to him, "I will give you all these things if you fall down and worship me."
10. 10Jesus said to him, "Get away, Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the LORD your God, and serve him only."
11. 11Then the devil left him, and angels came and ministered to him.
12. 12When Jesus heard that John had been thrown into prison, he left for Galilee.
13. 13He moved away from Nazareth and settled in Capernaum, a town by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
14. 14This fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah had spoken:
15. 15"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, along the road to the sea, beyond the Jordan — Galilee of the Gentiles —
16. 16The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light; and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death, a light has dawned.
17. 17From that time on, Jesus began to preach, saying, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
18. 18As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
19. 19Jesus called out to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
20. 20Right away they dropped their nets and followed him.
21. 21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them.
22. 22They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
23. 23Jesus traveled throughout all of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.
24. 24News about him spread throughout all Syria. They brought him all who were sick and suffering from various diseases and torments, those possessed by demons, those who had seizures, and those who were paralyzed. He healed them.
25. 25Massive crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan River.