1 Siis juhtis Vaim Jeesuse kõrbe kuradi*4:1 Kreeka sõna diabolos tähendab laimajat, süüdistajat. kiusata. 2 Kui ta oli nelikümmend päeva ja nelikümmend ööd paastunud, tuli talle nälg. 3 Talle lähenes kiusaja ning ütles: „Kui sa oled Jumala Poeg, siis käsi sellel kivil siin muutuda leivaks!"

4 Jeesus vastas: „Kirjutatud on: „Inimene ei ela üksnes leivast, vaid igast sõnast, mis lähtub Jumala suust." "

5 Siis viis kurat ta pühasse linna, pani seisma templi katusele 6 ja ütles: „Kui sa oled Jumala Poeg, siis kukuta end siit alla! Sest kirjutatud on:

„Sinu pärast annab ta oma inglitele käsu

ja nemad kannavad sind kätel,

et sa oma jalga vastu kivi ei lööks." "

7 Jeesus vastas talle: „Samuti on kirjutatud: „Ära pane Issandat, oma Jumalat, proovile!" "

8 Veel võttis kurat ta kaasa väga kõrge mäe otsa ja näitas talle kõiki maailma kuningriike ja nende hiilgust. 9 „Need kõik ma annan sulle," ütles ta, „kui sa ainult maha langed ja mind ülistad."

10 Siis ütles Jeesus talle: „Hoia minust eemale, saatan!*4:10 Heebrea sõna satan tähendab mässajat, vastuhakkajat. Kirjutatud on: „Kummarda Issandat, oma Jumalat, ja teeni ainult teda!" "

11 Siis jättis kurat ta rahule. Seejärel tulid tema juurde inglid ja teenisid teda.

12 Kui Jeesus kuulis, et Johannes on kinni võetud, läks ta tagasi Galileasse. 13 Ta lahkus Naatsaretist ja asus elama Kapernauma, mis on järve ääres Sebuloni ja Naftali aladel. 14 Nõnda läks täide, mis oli öeldud prohvet Jesaja suu läbi:

15 „Sebulonimaa ja Naftalimaa,

teel mere äärde, piki Jordanit,

rahvaste Galilea,

16 rahvas, kes elab pimeduses,

on suurt valgust näinud;

neile, kes on elanud surma varjus,

on koitnud valgus."

17 Sellest ajast peale hakkas Jeesus kuulutama: „Parandage meelt, sest taevariik on lähedal!"

18 Kõndides Galilea mere rannal, nägi Jeesus kaht venda, Siimonit, hüüdnimega Peetrus, ja tema venda Andreast võrku merre heitmas, sest nad olid kalurid. 19 Jeesus ütles neile: „Järgnege mulle ja ma teen teist inimestepüüdjad!" 20 Nad jätsid kohe oma võrgud ja järgnesid talle.

21 Sealt edasi minnes nägi ta veel kaht venda, Sebedeuse poega Jaakobust ja tema venda Johannest koos isaga paadis võrke parandamas. Jeesus kutsus ka neid. 22 Kohe jätsid nad paadi ja isa maha ning järgnesid talle.

23 Ja Jeesus rändas ringi kogu Galileas, õpetas sünagoogides, kuulutas evangeeliumi Kuningriigist ning tervendas rahvast igasugustest haigustest ja hädadest. 24 Kuuldus temast levis kogu Süürias ning tema juurde toodi kõik, kes kannatasid mitmesuguste haiguste ja valude käes, kurjadest vaimudest vaevatuid, langetõbiseid ja halvatuid – ning tema tegi nad terveks. 25 Ja Jeesuse kannul käis suur rahvahulk Galileast, Dekapolisest, Jeruusalemmast, Juudamaalt ja Jordani tagant.

1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.