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Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very hungry,
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and the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves’.
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But he replied, ‘Scripture says: Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God’.[*a]
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The devil then took him to the holy city and made him stand on the parapet of the Temple.
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‘If you are the Son of God’ he said ‘throw yourself down; for scripture says: He will put you in his angels’ charge, and they will support you on their hands in case you hurt your foot against a stone’.[*b]
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Jesus said to him, ‘Scripture also says: You must not put the Lord your God to the test’.[*c]
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Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour.
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‘I will give you all these’ he said, ‘if you fall at my feet and worship me.’
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Then Jesus replied, ‘Be off, Satan! For scripture says: You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone.'[*d]
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Then the devil left him, and angels appeared and looked after him.
Return to Galilee
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Hearing that John had been arrested he went back to Galilee,
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and leaving Nazareth he went and settled in Capernaum, a lakeside town on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali.
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In this way the prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled:
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‘Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali! Way of the sea on the far side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations!
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The people that lived in darkness has seen a great light; on those who dwell in the land and shadow of death a light has dawned.'[*e]
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From that moment Jesus began his preaching with the message, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand’.
The first four disciples are called
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As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast in the lake with their net, for they were fishermen.
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And he said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men’.
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And they left their nets at once and followed him.
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Going on from there he saw another pair of brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they were in their boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.
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At once, leaving the boat and their father, they followed him.
Jesus preaches and heals the sick
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He went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness among the people.
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His fame spread throughout Syria,[*f] and those who were suffering from diseases and painful complaints of one kind or another, the possessed, epileptics, the paralysed, were all brought to him, and he cured them.
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Large crowds followed him, coming from Galilee, the Decapolis,[*g] Jerusalem, Judaea and Transjordania.
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