65 lines
3.2 KiB
Markdown
65 lines
3.2 KiB
Markdown
The Temptation of Jesus
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# Chapter 4
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1. Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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2. After he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
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3. Then the tempter approached him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
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4. He answered, *"It is written: <b class="quote">Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."*
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5. Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
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6. and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:
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<b class="quote">He will give his angels* <b class="quote">orders concerning you*,
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and <b class="quote">they will support you with their hands**
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<b class="quote">
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so that you will not strike**
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<b class="quote">your foot against a stone.**"
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7. Jesus told him, *"It is also written: <b class="quote">Do not test the Lord your God."*
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8. Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
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9. And he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me."
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10. Then Jesus told him, *"Go away, Satan! For it is written: <b class="quote">Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him."*
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11. Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.
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Ministry in Galilee
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12. When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.
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13. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
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14. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
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15. <b class="quote">Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,**
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<b class="quote">along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,**
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<b class="quote">Galilee of the Gentiles.**
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16. <b class="quote">The people who live in darkness**
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<b class="quote">have seen a great light,**
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<b class="quote">and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,**
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<b class="quote">a light has dawned.**
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17. From then on Jesus began to preach, *"Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near."*
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The First Disciples
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18. As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea--for they were fishermen.
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19. *"Follow me," he told them, "and I will make you fish for people."*
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20. Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
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21. Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them.
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22. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
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Teaching, Preaching, and Healing
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23. Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
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24. Then the news about him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And he healed them.
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25. Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
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