| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2After He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, He was hungry. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then the tempter approached 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 He answered, "It is written: Man must 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, had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: He will give His angels orders concerning you, and they will support you with their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone." |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Jesus told him, "It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God." |
| 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 splendor. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And he said to Him, "I will give You all these things if You will fall down and worship me." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then Jesus told him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came and began to serve Him. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When He heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew into Galilee. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the sea road, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles! |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the shadowland of death, light has dawned. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17From then on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!" |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18As He was walking along the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"Follow Me," He told them, "and I will make you fish for people!" |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Immediately 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 the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and He called them. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Jesus was going all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Then the news about Him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to Him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And He healed them. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. |
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