The Temptation of Jesus
1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.+ 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.+ 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.+ 4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.+ 5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,+ 6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.+ 7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.+ 8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;+ 9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.+ 10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.+ 11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.+Jesus Begins His Ministry
Isaiah 9:1–7; Mark 1:14–15; Luke 4:14–15
12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;+ 13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:+ 14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,+ 15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;+ 16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.+ 17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.+The First Disciples
Mark 1:16–20; Luke 5:1–11; John 1:35–42
18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.+ 19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.+ 20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.+ 21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.+ 22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.+