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4:1  Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
4:2  After he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
4:3  Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4:4  He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
4:5  Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
4:6  and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: He will give his angels orders concerning you, and they will support you with their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”
4:7  Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”
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  And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”
4:10  Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”
4:11  Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.
4:12  When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.
4:13  He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
4:14  This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
4:15  Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
4:16  The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
4:17  From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
4:18  As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, 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.
4:19  “Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fish for people.”
4:20  Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
4:21  Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them.
4:22  Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
4:23  Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
4:24  Then the news about him spread throughout Syria. 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. And he healed them.
4:25  Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.