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1:1  The beginning of the Good News of Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of God:
1:2  It is written in the prophet Yesha‘yahu, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare the way before you.”
1:3  “The voice of someone crying out: ‘In the desert prepare the way for Adonai! Make straight paths for him!’”
1:4  So it was that Yochanan the Immerser appeared in the desert, proclaiming an immersion involving turning to God from sin in order to be forgiven.
1:5  People went out to him from all over Y’hudah, as did all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim. Confessing their sins, they were immersed by him in the Yarden River.
1:6  Yochanan wore clothes of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; he ate locusts and wild honey.
1:7  He proclaimed: “After me is coming someone who is more powerful than I — I’m not worthy even to bend down and untie his sandals.
1:8  I have immersed you in water, but he will immerse you in the Ruach HaKodesh.”
1:9  Shortly thereafter, Yeshua came from Natzeret in the Galil and was immersed in the Yarden by Yochanan.
1:10  Immediately upon coming up out of the water, he saw heaven torn open and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove;
1:11  then a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, whom I love; I am well pleased with you.”
1:12  Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness,
1:13  and he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by the Adversary. He was with the wild animals, and the angels took care of him.
1:14  After Yochanan had been arrested, Yeshua came into the Galil proclaiming the Good News from God:
1:15  “The time has come, God’s Kingdom is near! Turn to God from your sins and believe the Good News!”
1:16  As he walked beside Lake Kinneret, he saw Shim‘on and Andrew, Shim‘on’s brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishermen.
1:17  Yeshua said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers for men!”
1:18  At once they left their nets and followed him.
1:19  Going on a little farther, he saw Ya‘akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan, his brother, in their boat, repairing their nets.
1:20  Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zavdai in the boat with the hired men and went after Yeshua.
1:21  They entered K’far-Nachum, and on Shabbat Yeshua went into the synagogue and began teaching.
1:22  They were amazed at the way he taught, for he did not instruct them like the Torah-teachers but as one who had authority himself.
1:23  In their synagogue just then was a man with an unclean spirit in him, who shouted,
1:24  “What do you want with us, Yeshua from Natzeret? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!”
1:25  But Yeshua rebuked the unclean spirit, “Be quiet and come out of him!”
1:26  Throwing the man into a convulsion, it gave a loud shriek and came out of him.
1:27  They were all so astounded that they began asking each other, “What is this? A new teaching, one with authority behind it! He gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
1:28  And the news about him spread quickly through the whole region of the Galil.
1:29  They left the synagogue and went with Ya‘akov and Yochanan to the home of Shim‘on and Andrew.
1:30  Shim‘on’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever, and they told Yeshua about her.
1:31  He came, took her by the hand and lifted her onto her feet. The fever left her, and she began helping them.
1:32  That evening after sundown, they brought to Yeshua all who were ill or held in the power of demons,
1:33  and the whole town came crowding around the door.
1:34  He healed many who were ill with various diseases and expelled many demons, but he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was.
1:35  Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Yeshua got up, left, went away to a lonely spot and stayed there praying.
1:36  But Shim‘on and those with him went after him;
1:37  and when they found him, they said, “Everybody is looking for you.”
1:38  He answered, “Let’s go somewhere else — to the other villages around here. I have to proclaim the message there too — in fact this is why I came out.”
1:39  So he traveled all through the Galil, preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.
1:40  A man afflicted with tzara‘at came to Yeshua and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
1:41  Moved with pity, Yeshua reached out his hand, touched him and said to him, “I am willing! Be cleansed!”
1:42  Instantly the tzara‘at left him, and he was cleansed.
1:43  Yeshua sent him away with this stern warning:
1:44  “See to it that you tell no one; instead, as a testimony to the people, go and let the cohen examine you, and offer for your cleansing what Moshe commanded.”
1:45  But he went out and began spreading the news, talking freely about it; so that Yeshua could no longer enter a town openly but stayed out in the country, where people continued coming to him from all around.