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| 4:1 |
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
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| 4:2 |
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
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| 4:3 |
The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
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| 4:4 |
Jesus answered, "It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
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| 4:5 |
'Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
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| 4:6 |
"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."
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| 4:7 |
'Jesus answered him, "It is also written: `Do not put the Lord your God to the test."
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| 4:8 |
'Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
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| 4:9 |
"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
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| 4:10 |
Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: `Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only."
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| 4:11 |
'Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
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| 4:12 |
When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee.
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| 4:13 |
Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali--
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| 4:14 |
to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
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| 4:15 |
"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--
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| 4:16 |
the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned."
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| 4:17 |
From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
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| 4:18 |
As 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.
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| 4:19 |
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
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| 4:20 |
At once they left their nets and followed him.
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| 4:21 |
Going 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,
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| 4:22 |
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
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| 4:23 |
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
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| 4:24 |
News 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.
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| 4:25 |
Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
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