1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil . 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights , he afterward hungered . 3And the tempter came and said unto him , If thou art the Son of God , command that these stones become bread. 4But he answered and said , It is written , Man shall not live by bread alone , but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God . 5Then the devil taketh him into the holy city ; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple , 6and saith unto him , If thou art the Son of God , cast thyself down : for it is written , He shall give his angels charge concerning thee : and , On their hands they shall bear thee up , Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone . 7Jesus said unto him , Again it is written , Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God . 8Again , the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain , and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world , and the glory of them ; 9and he said unto him , All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me . 10Then saith Jesus unto him , Get thee hence , Satan : for it is written , Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God , and him only shalt thou serve . 11Then the devil leaveth him ; and behold , angels came and ministered unto him .
Jesus Begins His Ministry
12Now when he heard that John was delivered up , he withdrew into Galilee ; 13and leaving Nazareth , he came and dwelt in Capernaum , which is by the sea , in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali : 14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet , saying , 15The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali , Toward the sea , beyond the Jordan , Galilee of the Gentiles , 16The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light , And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death , To them did light spring up . 17From that time began Jesus to preach , and to say , Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand . 18And walking by the sea of Galilee , he saw two brethren , Simon who is called Peter , and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea ; for they were fishers. 19And he saith unto them , Come ye after me , and I will make you fishers of men. 20And they straightway left the nets , and followed him . 21And going on from thence he saw two other brethren , James the son of Zebedee , and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father , mending their nets ; and he called them . 22And they straightway left the boat and their father , and followed him .
Jesus Heals the Sick
23And Jesus went about in all Galilee , teaching in their synagogues , and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people . 24And the report of him went forth into all Syria : and they brought unto him all that were sick , holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them . 25And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judæa and from beyond the Jordan .