1 sFor ver. 1-11, see Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wildernesst[Heb. 2:18; 4:15] to be tempted by the devil.
2 And after fastingu[Deut. 9:9, 18; 1 Kgs. 19:8] forty days and forty nights, hev[John 4:6, 7] was hungry.
3 Andw1 Thess. 3:5 the tempter came and said to him, “If you arexSee ch. 14:33 the Son of God, commandy[ch. 3:9] these stones to become loaves of bread. ”
4 But he answered, zver. 7, 10; Eph. 6:17 “It is written,
aCited 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 bLuke 4:9 Then the devil took him tocch. 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,
dCited 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, “Againever. 4, 10 it is written,fCited from Deut. 6:16 ‘You shall notg[Isa. 7:12] put the Lord your God to the test. ’ ”
8 hLuke 4:5 Again, 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,iSee 1 Chr. 21:1 Satan! Forjver. 4, 7 it is written,
kCited from Deut. 6:13 ‘You shall worship the Lord your God
andl1 Sam. 7:3 him only shall you serve. ’ ”
11 Then the devil left him, and behold,mch. 26:53; Luke 22:43 angels came and were ministering to him.
12 Now when he heard thatnch. 14:3; Mark 1:14; Luke 3:19, 20; [John 3:24] John had been arrested,oLuke 4:14 he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leavingpSee ch. 2:23 Nazareth he went and lived inq[ch. 9:1] Capernaum byrJohn 6:1 the sea, in the territory ofsJosh. 19:32-34 Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 tSee ch. 1:22 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
15 uCited 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 vIsa. 42:7; Luke 1:79 the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region andwJob 3:5; Ps. 23:4; Amos 5:8 shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned. ”
17 xMark 1:14 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, zch. 3:2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ”
18 aFor ver. 18-22, see Mark 1:16-20; [Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42] While walking bybver. 13 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. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make youcch. 13:47 fishers of men. ” 20 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.
23 dMark 1:39 And he went throughout all Galilee,ech. 9:35; 13:54; Mark 1:21; Luke 4:15; John 18:20 teaching in their synagogues andfch. 24:14; Luke 4:43; [ch. 13:19] proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom andgch. 8:16; 14:35, 36; Mark 1:34; 6:55, 56 healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout allhLuke 2:2 Syria, andg[See ver. 23 above] they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases andich. 8:6 pains,j[John 10:21] those oppressed by demons,kch. 17:15 epileptics, andlch. 9:2, 6 paralytics, and he healed them. 25 mMark 3:7, 8; Luke 6:17 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and thenMark 5:20 Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.