Matthew 4

1Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit 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, tell these stones to become bread.”

4But he answered, “It is written: ‘Man will not live by bread alone, but by every word proceeding through the mouth of God.’”

5Then the devil takes him into the holy city and sets him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6And he 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 lift 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 takes him to a very high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

9And he said to him, “I will give you all these things, if you fall down and worship me.”

10Then Jesus says to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

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

12When he heard that John had been handed over, he withdrew into Galilee.

13And leaving Nazara, he came and settled in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

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

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

16The people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and on those sitting in the region and shadow of death, a light dawned.

17From that time Jesus began to proclaim, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.”

18As he was walking beside 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 says to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

20And they immediately 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.

22And they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

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

24And the report about him went out into all Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.

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