| New International Version | NET Bible |
| 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. | 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. |
| 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. | 2After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. |
| 3The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." | 3The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread." |
| 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" | 4But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does 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 had him stand on the highest point of the temple. | 5Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, |
| 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.'" | 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 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" |
| 7Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" | 7Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to 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 splendor. | 8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. |
| 9"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me." | 9And he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me." |
| 10Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'" | 10Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'" |
| 11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. | 11Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs. |
| 12When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. | 12Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee. |
| 13Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali-- | 13While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, |
| 14to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: | 14so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: |
| 15"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- | 15"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- |
| 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." | 16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned." |
| 17From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." | 17From that time Jesus began to preach this message: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." |
| 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 lake, for they were fishermen. | 18As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). |
| 19"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people." | 19He said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people." |
| 20At once they left their nets and followed him. | 20They left their nets immediately and followed him. |
| 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, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, | 21Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them. |
| 22and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. | 22They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him. |
| 23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. | 23Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people. |
| 24News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them. | 24So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them. |
| 25Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him. | 25And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River. |
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