4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

4:2 After fasting 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 does 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 had him stand 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 splendor.

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 returned 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 fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:

4:15 "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along 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 is 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 make you fishers of men."

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, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness 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 paralyzed, and he healed them.

4:25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.