The Temptation of Jesus
(Mark 1:12–13; Luke 4:1–13)

1Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness† by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil. 2And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

3And the one tempting, having come to Him, said, “If You are the Son of God, speak, that these stones might become loaves.”

4But answering, He said, “It has been written:

‘Not on bread alone shall the man live,

but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.’†”

5Then the devil takes Him to the holy city, and he set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6and he says to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it has been written:

‘He will command His angels concerning You,

and on hands they will lift You up,

lest ever You might strike Your foot

against a stone.’†”

7Jesus said to him, “Again it has been written: ‘You shall not test the Lord your God.’†”

8Again the devil takes Him to a mountain exceedingly high and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9And he said to Him, “All these things I will give to You if, falling down, You worship me.”

10Then Jesus says to him, “Go away,† Satan! For it has been written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’†”

11Then the devil leaves Him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to Him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry
(Isaiah 9:1–7; Mark 1:14–15; Luke 4:14–15)

12And having heard that John was delivered up, He withdrew into Galilee. 13And having left Nazareth, having come, He dwelt at Capernaum, which is by the sea in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:

15“Land of Zebulun

and land of Naphtali,

way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentiles—

16the people sitting in darkness

saw a great light,

and to those sitting in the region and shadow of death,

a light dawned on them.Ӡ

17From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.”

The First Disciples
(Mark 1:16–20; Luke 5:1–11; John 1:35–42)

18And walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19And He says to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you⁺ fishers of men.” 20And immediately, having left the nets, they followed Him.

21And having gone on from there, He saw two others, brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them. 22And immediately, having left the boat and their father, they followed Him.

Jesus Heals the Multitudes
(Mark 3:7–12; Luke 6:17–19)

23And He was going about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 24And the news of Him went out into all Syria. And they brought to Him all the ill having various diseases and oppressing torments, and being possessed by demons, and being epileptics, and paralytics, and He healed them.

25And there followed Him many crowds from Galilee, and the Decapolis,† and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

Footnotes:

1 Or desert
4 Deuteronomy 8:3
6 Psalm 91:11–12
7 Deuteronomy 6:16
10 BYZ and TR Get behind Me
10 Deuteronomy 6:13
16 Isaiah 9:1–2
25 That is, the Ten Cities