4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted* by the devil. / *The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.
4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
4:3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’*” / *Deut. 8:3
4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
4:6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’*” / *Psalm 91:11,12
4:7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’*” / *Deut. 6:16
4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
4:9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
4:10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’*” / *Deut. 6:13
4:11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.
4:13 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali -
4:14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
4:15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles -
4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”* / *Isaiah 9:1,2
4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
4:18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
4:19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
4:20 At once they left their nets and followed him.
4:21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
4:22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
4:24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
4:25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,* Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him. / *That is, the Ten Cities