Matthew 4

1 Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tested by the Accuser. [a] † 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry. 3 And the tester came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, speak, so that these stones become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written: ‘Man is not to live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’” [b]

5 Then the Accuser takes him into the holy city and sets him on the wing of the temple, 6 and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written: ‘He will command his messengers concerning you, and they will lift you on their hands, so that you never strike your foot against a stone.’” [c] 7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written: ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” [e]

8 Again the Accuser takes him to a very high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 and says to him, “All these I will give you, if you fall down and bow to me.” 10 Then Jesus says to him, “Go away, Satan; for it is written: ‘You are to bow down to the Lord your God, and him only you are to serve.’” [f] † 11 Then the Accuser leaves him, and look, messengers came and were serving him.

12 When he heard that John had been handed over, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth he came and settled in Capernaum beside the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:

17 From then on Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Have a change of mind, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near.”

18 As he was walking beside the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he says to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 And at once they left the 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. [h] 22 And at once they left the boat and their father and followed him.

23 And he went around in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. [i] 24 And the report of him went out into all Syria; and they brought him all who were ill with various diseases and gripped by torments, the demon-possessed and the moonstruck and the paralyzed, and he healed them. 25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.