Matthew Chapter 4

4:1 Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the Devil.
4:2 After spending forty days and nights without food, Jesus was hungry.
4:3 Then the Devil came to him and said, "If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn into bread."
4:4 But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, 'Man cannot live on bread alone, but needs every word that God speaks.' "
4:5 Then the Devil took Jesus to Jerusalem, the Holy City, set him on the highest point of the Temple,
4:6 and said to him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down, for the scripture says, 'God will give orders to his angels about you; they will hold you up with their hands, so that not even your feet will be hurt on the stones.' "
4:7 Jesus answered, "But the scripture also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' "
4:8 Then the Devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their greatness.
4:9 "All this I will give you," the Devil said, "if you kneel down and worship me."
4:10 Then Jesus answered, "Go away, Satan! The scripture says, 'Worship the Lord your God and serve only him!' "
4:11 Then the Devil left Jesus; and angels came and helped him.
4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee.
4:13 He did not stay in Nazareth, but went to live in Capernaum, a town by Lake Galilee, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.
4:14 This was done to make come true what the prophet Isaiah had said,
4:15 "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, on the road to the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee, land of the Gentiles!
4:16 The people who live in darkness will see a great light. On those who live in the dark land of death the light will shine."
4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach his message: "Turn away from your sins, because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"
4:18 As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers who were fishermen, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew, catching fish in the lake with a net.
4:19 Jesus said to them, "Come with me, and I will teach you to catch men."
4:20 At once they left their nets and went with him.
4:21 He went on and saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in their boat with their father Zebedee, getting their nets ready. Jesus called them,
4:22 and at once they left the boat and their father, and went with him.
4:23 Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom, and healing people who had all kinds of disease and sickness.
4:24 The news about him spread through the whole country of Syria, so that people brought to him all those who were sick, suffering from all kinds of diseases and disorders: people with demons, and epileptics, and paralytics--and Jesus healed them all.
4:25 Large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, Judea, and the land on the other side of the Jordan.