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^(a)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness ^(b)to be tempted by the devil.

And after He had ^(c)fasted forty days and forty nights, He ^[a]then became hungry.

And ^(d)the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the ^(e)Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

But He answered and said, "It is written, ‘^(f) Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God .'"

Then the devil *took Him into ^(g)the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,

and *said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, ‘^(h) He will command His angels concerning You '; and ‘ On their hands they will bear You up , So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone .'"

Jesus said to him, "^[b]On the other hand, it is written, ‘⁽ⁱ⁾ You shall not put the Lord your God to the test .'"

^(j)Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;

and he said to Him, "^(k)All these things I will give You, if You fall down and ^[c]worship me."

Then Jesus *said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘^(l) You shall worship the Lord your God, and ^[d] serve Him only .'"

Then the devil *left Him; and behold, ^(m)angels came and began to minister to Him.

Now when Jesus heard that ⁽ⁿ⁾John had been taken into custody, ^(o)He withdrew into Galilee;

and leaving Nazareth, He came and ^(p)settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

"^(q) The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali , ^[e] By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the ^[f] Gentiles —

"^(r) The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light , And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death , Upon them a Light dawned ."

^(s)From that time Jesus began to ^[g]preach and say, "^(t)Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

^(u)Now as Jesus was walking by ^(v)the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, ^(w)Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And He *said to them, "^[h]Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Going on from there He saw two other brothers, ^[i](x)James the son of Zebedee, and ^[j]John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them.

Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Jesus was going ^(y)throughout all Galilee, ^(z)teaching in their synagogues and ^(aa)proclaiming the ^[k]gospel of the kingdom, and ^(ab)healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

The news about Him spread ^(ac)throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and pains, ^(ad)demoniacs, ^[l](ae)epileptics, ^(af)paralytics; and He healed them.

Large crowds ^(ag)followed Him from Galilee and ^(ah)the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from ^(ai)beyond the Jordan.