THEN JESUS WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO BE TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL.
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AFTER FASTING FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS, HE WAS HUNGRY.
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THE TEMPTER CAME TO HIM AND SAID, 'IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, TELL THESE STONES TO BECOME BREAD.'
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JESUS ANSWERED, 'IT IS WRITTEN: 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.''
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THEN THE DEVIL TOOK HIM TO THE HOLY CITY AND HAD HIM STAND ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE TEMPLE.
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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.''
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JESUS ANSWERED HIM, 'IT IS ALSO WRITTEN: 'DO NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.''
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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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ALL THIS I WILL GIVE YOU,' HE SAID, 'IF YOU WILL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME.'
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JESUS SAID TO HIM, 'AWAY FROM ME, SATAN! FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.''
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THEN THE DEVIL LEFT HIM, AND ANGELS CAME AND ATTENDED HIM.
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WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT JOHN HAD BEEN PUT IN PRISON, HE WITHDREW TO GALILEE.
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LEAVING NAZARETH, HE WENT AND LIVED IN CAPERNAUM, WHICH WAS BY THE LAKE IN THE AREA OF ZEBULUN AND NAPHTALI--
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TO FULFILL WHAT WAS SAID THROUGH THE PROPHET ISAIAH:
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LAND OF ZEBULUN AND LAND OF NAPHTALI, THE WAY OF THE SEA, BEYOND THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE GENTILES--
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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.'
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FROM THAT TIME ON JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN HAS COME NEAR.'
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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.
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COME, FOLLOW ME,' JESUS SAID, 'AND I WILL SEND YOU OUT TO FISH FOR PEOPLE.'
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AT ONCE THEY LEFT THEIR NETS AND FOLLOWED HIM.
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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,
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AND IMMEDIATELY THEY LEFT THE BOAT AND THEIR FATHER AND FOLLOWED HIM.
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JESUS WENT THROUGHOUT GALILEE, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND SICKNESS AMONG THE PEOPLE.
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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.
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Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.