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4:1  Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
4:2  After fasting for 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.” ’
4:5  Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him 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.”’
4:7  Jesus answered him, ‘It is also written: “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” ’
4:8  Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour.
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.” ’
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 fulfil 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.’
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 illness 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 paralysed; and he healed them.
4:25  Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.