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class="versenum">3</span>The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>But he answered, “It is written,</span></p><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text">‘One does not live by bread alone,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”</span></span></p></div> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,</span></p><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text">‘He will command his angels concerning you,’</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,</span></span><br /><span class="text">so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’”</span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,</span></p><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text">‘Worship the Lord your God,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and serve only him.’”</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Now when Jesus<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27494a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:</span></p> <div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>“Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>the people who sat in darkness</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">have seen a great light,</span></span><br /><span class="text">and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">light has dawned.”</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27499b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jesus Calls the First Disciples</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Immediately they left their nets and followed him. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jesus Ministers to Crowds of People</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>Jesus<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27505c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27505d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 4:12">Matthew 4:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>he</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 4:17">Matthew 4:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>is at hand</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 4:23">Matthew 4:23</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>He</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 4:23">Matthew 4:23</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>gospel</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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