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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’ ” |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ” |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9“All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.” |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’ ” |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.” |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20And at once they left their nets and followed Him. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. |
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