The Temptation of Jesus
1 For ver. 1-11, see Mark 1:12,13;Luke 4:1-13Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness [Heb. 2:18;4:15]to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting [Deut. 9:9,18;1 Kgs. 19:8] forty days and forty nights, he [John 4:6,7]was hungry. 3 And 1 Thess. 3:5the tempter came and said to him, "If you are See ch. 14:33the Son of God, command [ch. 3:9]these stones to become loaves of bread." 4 But he answered, ver. 7, 10;Eph. 6:17"It is written,
Cited from Deut. 8:3;[John 4:34]"‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’"
5 Luke 4:9Then the devil took him to ch. 27:53;Neh. 11:18;Isa. 48:2;52:1;Rev. 11:2;[Ps. 46:4;48:1;Rev. 21:2;22:19]the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
Cited from Ps. 91:11,12"‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and
"‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’"
7 Jesus said to him, "Again ver. 4, 10it is written, Cited from Deut. 6:16‘You shall not [Isa. 7:12]put the Lord your God to the test.’"8 Luke 4:5Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, See 1 Chr. 21:1Satan! For ver. 4, 7it is written,
Cited from Deut. 6:13"‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and 1 Sam. 7:3him only shall you serve.’"
11 Then the devil left him, and behold, ch. 26:53;Luke 22:43angels came and were ministering to him.
Jesus Begins His Ministry
12 Now when he heard that ch. 14:3;Mark 1:14;Luke 3:19,20;[John 3:24] John had been arrested, Luke 4:14he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leaving See ch. 2:23Nazareth he went and lived in [ch. 9:1] Capernaum by John 6:1the sea, in the territory of Josh. 19:32-34Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 See ch. 1:22so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
15 Cited from Isa. 9:1,2"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 Isa. 42:7;Luke 1:79the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and Job 3:5;Ps. 23:4;Amos 5:8shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned."
17 Mark 1:14From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, ch. 3:2"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."4:17 Or the kingdom of heaven has come near
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
18 For ver. 18-22, see Mark 1:16-20;[Luke 5:2-11;John 1:40-42] While walking by ver. 13the 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. 19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you ch. 13:47fishers of men."4:19 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And 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. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds
23 Mark 1:39And he went throughout all Galilee, ch. 9:35;13:54;Mark 1:21;Luke 4:15;John 18:20teaching in their synagogues and ch. 24:14;Luke 4:43;[ch. 13:19] proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and ch. 8:16;14:35,36;Mark 1:34;6:55,56healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Luke 2:2Syria, and [See ver. 23above] they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and ch. 8:6pains, [John 10:21] those oppressed by demons, ch. 17:15those having seizures, and ch. 9:2,6paralytics, and he healed them. 25 Mark 3:7,8;Luke 6:17And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Mark 5:20Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.