Matthew 4

¹Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil .

²And after fasting forty days and forty nights , he was hungry .

³And the tempter came and said to him , If you are the Son of God , command these stones to become loaves of bread .

⁴But he answered , It is written , Man shall not live by bread alone , but by every word that comes from the mouth of God .

⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple

⁶and said to him , If you are the Son of God , throw yourself down , for it is written , He will command his angels concerning you , and On their hands they will bear you up , lest you strike your foot against a stone .

⁷Jesus said to him , Again it is written , You shall not put the Lord your God to the test .

⁸Again , the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory .

⁹And he said to him , All these I will give you , if you will fall down and worship me .

¹⁰Then Jesus said to him , Be gone , Satan ! For it is written , You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve .

¹¹Then the devil left him , and behold , angels came and were ministering to him .

¹²Now when he heard that John had been arrested , he withdrew into Galilee .

¹³And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea , in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali ,

¹⁴so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled :

¹⁵The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali , the way of the sea , beyond the Jordan , Galilee of the Gentiles —

¹⁶the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light , and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death , on them a light has dawned .

¹⁷From that time Jesus began to preach , saying , Repent , for the kingdom of heaven is at hand .

¹⁸While walking by the Sea of Galilee , he saw two brothers , Simon (who is called Peter ) and Andrew his brother , casting a net into the sea , for they were fishermen .

¹⁹And he said to them , Follow me , and I will make you fishers of men .

²⁰Immediately they left their nets and followed him .

²¹And going on from there he saw two other brothers , James the son of Zebedee and John his brother , in the boat with Zebedee their father , mending their nets , and he called them .

²²Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him .

²³And he went throughout all Galilee , teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people .

²⁴So his fame spread throughout all Syria , and they brought him all the sick , those afflicted with various diseases and pains , those oppressed by demons , epileptics , and paralytics , and he healed them .

²⁵And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis , and from Jerusalem and Judea , and from beyond the Jordan .