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(Mat 4:1 NIV) Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
(Mat 4:2 NIV) After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
(Mat 4:3 NIV) The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
(Mat 4:4 NIV) Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
(Mat 4:5 NIV) Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
(Mat 4:6 NIV) "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.'"
(Mat 4:7 NIV) Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
(Mat 4:8 NIV) Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
(Mat 4:9 NIV) "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
(Mat 4:10 NIV) Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"
(Mat 4:11 NIV) Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
(Mat 4:12 NIV) When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee.
(Mat 4:13 NIV) Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali--
(Mat 4:14 NIV) to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
(Mat 4:15 NIV) "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--
(Mat 4:16 NIV) 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."
(Mat 4:17 NIV) From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
(Mat 4:18 NIV) 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.
(Mat 4:19 NIV) "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
(Mat 4:20 NIV) At once they left their nets and followed him.
(Mat 4:21 NIV) 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,
(Mat 4:22 NIV) and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
(Mat 4:23 NIV) Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
(Mat 4:24 NIV) 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 paralyzed, and he healed them.
(Mat 4:25 NIV) Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
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