1Then4:1–11 Mk 1:12–13; Lk 4:1–13 Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.4:1 Jos 15:61; Jdg 1:16; Jn 1:6–7; Jms 1:14

2After he had fasted forty days and forty nights,4:2 Ex 34:28; 1Kg 19:8; Jn 9:4 he was hungry.

3Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”4:3 Mk 3:11; 5:7; Lk 1:35; 4:41; Jn 1:34,49; Ac 9:20

12When he heard that John had been arrested,4:12 Mt 14:3; Mk 1:14; Lk 3:20; Jn 3:24 he withdrew into Galilee.4:12 Lk 4:14; Jn 1:43; 2:11

13He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum4:13 Mk 1:21; 2:1; Lk 4:23; Jn 2:12; 4:46 by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

14This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

17From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven4:17 Mt 3:2; 5:3,10,19–20; 7:21; 8:11; Mk 1:14has come near.”

18As4:18–22 Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11; Jn 1:40–42 he was walking along the Sea of Galilee,4:18 Mt 15:29; Mk 7:31; Lk 5:1; Jn 6:1 he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea — for they were fishermen.

19“Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fish for4:19 Or you fishers ofpeople.”

20Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

23Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee,4:23–25 Mk 1:35–39; Lk 4:42–44 teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every4:23 Or every kind of disease and sickness4:23 Or physical ailment among the people.4:23 Mt 13:54; 24:14; Ac 10:38

24Then the news about him spread throughout Syria.4:24 Lk 2:2; Ac 15:23; Gl 1:21 So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics.4:24 Mt 8:16; 9:32; Mk 5:15; Jn 10:21 And he healed them.

25Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.4:25 Mk 3:7; 5:20; Lk 6:17