Matthew Four
Then Jesus was carried away by the
Holy Spirit into the wilderness, to be
tempted by the adversary.
So he fasted forty days and forty nights;
but at last he was hungry. And the tempter drew near and said to him,
If you are the Son of God, tell these stones
to become bread. But he answered and said, It is written,
that it is not by bread alone that man can
live, but by every word which comes from
the mouth of God. Then the adversary took him to the holy
city, and he made him to stand up on the pinnacle
of the temple. And he said to him, If you are the Son of
God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
that he will command his angels concerning
you, and they will bear you up on their hands,
so that even your foot may not strike a stone. Jesus said to him, Again it is written, that
you shall not try out the Lord your God. Again the adversary took him to a very
high mountain, and he showed him all the
kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, All of these I will give
to you, if you will fall down and worship
me. Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan,
for it is written, You shall worship the Lord
your God, and him only shall you serve. Then the adversary left him alone; and
behold the angels drew near and ministered
unto him.
¶ Now when Jesus heard that John was
delivered up, he departed to Galilee. And he left Nazareth, and came and
settled in Capernaum, by the seaside, within
the borders of Zabulon and of Napthali.
So that it might be fulfilled, which was
said by the prophet Isaiah, who said, O land of Zabulon, O land of Napthali,
the way to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee
of the Gentiles! The people who dwelt in darkness saw a
great light, and those who settled in the country
and in the midst of the shadows of death,
light shone on them.
¶ From that time Jesus began to preach
and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven
is coming near. And while he was walking by the shore
of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,
Simon who was called Peter and his brother
Andrew, who were casting nets into the sea,
for they were fishermen.
And Jesus said to them, Come after me,
and I will make you to become fishers of
men. So they immediately left their nets and
went after him. And when he left that place he saw two
other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and
his brother John, in a ship with Zebedee their
father, repairing their nets; and Jesus called
them. So they immediately left the ship and
their father, and followed him.
¶ And Jesus travelled throughout Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching
the good news of the kingdom, and healing
every kind of disease and sickness among
the people. And his fame was heard throughout Syria;
so they brought to him all who were badly
afflicted with divers sickness, and those who
were tormented with pains, and the insane,
and the epileptics, and the cripples; and he
healed them. So large crowds followed him from Galilee,
and from the ten cities, and from Jerusalem
and from Judaea, and from across the
Jordan.
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