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Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’”

Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

Walking 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.

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

They immediately left their nets and followed him.

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.

They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

ثُمَّ سارَ الرُّوحُ بِيَسوعَ إِلى البَرِّيَّةِ لِيُجَرِّبَه إِبليس

فصامَ أَربَعينَ يومًا وأَربَعينَ لَيلةً حتَّى جاع

فدَنا مِنه المُجَرِّبُ وقالَ له: «إِن كُنتَ ٱبنَ الله، فمُرْ أَن تَصيرَ هذِه الحِجارَةُ أَرغِفة»

فأَجابَه: «مكتوبٌ: ليسَ بِالخُبزِ وَحدَه يَحْيا الإِنْسان بل بِكُلِّ كَلِمَةٍ تَخرُجُ مِن فَمِ الله»

فمَضى بِه إِبليسُ إِلى المَدينَةِ المُقَدَّسة وأَقامَه على شُرفَةِ الهَيكل

وقالَ لَه: «إِن كُنتَ ٱبنَ الله فأَلقِ بِنَفسِكَ إِلى الأَسْفَل، لِأَنَّه مَكتوب: «يُوصي مَلائِكتَه بِكَ فعلى أَيديهم يَحمِلونَكَ لِئَلَّا تَصدِمَ بِحَجرٍ رِجلَكَ»

فقالَ له يسوع: «مَكْتوبٌ أَيضًا: لا تُجَرِّبَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلٰهَكَ»

ثُمَّ مَضى بِه إِبليسُ إِلى جَبَلٍ عالٍ جدًّا وأَراهُ جَميعَ مَمالِكِ الدُّنْيا ومَجدَها

وقالَ لَه: «أُعطيكَ هٰذا كُلَّه إِن جَثَوتَ لي ساجِدًا»

فقالَ له يسوع: «إِذْهَبْ، يا شَيطان! لِأَنَّه مَكتوب: لِلرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ تَسجُد وإِيَّاهُ وَحدَه تَعبُد»

ثُمَّ تَرَكَه إِبليس، وإِذا بِمَلائِكةٍ قد دنَوا منهُ وأَخذوا يَخدُمونَه

وبَلَغَ يسوعَ خَبرُ ٱعتِقالِ يوحنَّا، فلَجأَ إِلى الجَليل

ثُمَّ تَركَ النَّاصِرَةَ وجاءَ كَفَرْناحوم على شاطِئِ البَحرِ في بِلادِ زَبولونَ ونَفْتالي فسَكَنَ فيها

لِيَتِمَّ ما قيلَ على لِسانِ النَّبِيِّ أَشَعْيا

«أَرضُ زَبولون وأَرضُ نَفْتالي طَريقُ البَحرِ، عِبرُ الأُردُنّ جَليلُ الأُمَم

الشَّعبُ المُقيمُ في الظُّلْمَةِ أَبصَرَ نُورًا عَظيمًا والمُقيمونَ في بُقْعَةِ المَوتِ وظِلالِه أَشرَقَ عليهِمِ النُّور»

وبَدَأَ يسوعُ مِن ذلك الحِين يُنادي فيَقول: «تُوبوا، قدِ ٱقتَرَبَ مَلكوتُ السَّمَوات». دعوة التلاميذ الأوَّلين

وكانَ يسوعُ سائرًا على شاطِئِ بَحرِ الجَليل، فرأَى أَخَوَيْنِ هُما سِمعانُ الَّذي يُقالُ لَه بُطرُس وأَندَراوُس أَخوهُ يُلقِيانِ الشَّبَكَةَ في البَحرِ، لِأَنَّهما كانا صَيَّادَيْن

فقالَ لَهما: «إتْبَعاني أَجعَلْكما صَيَّادَيْ بَشر»

فتَرَكا الشِّباكَ مِن ذٰلك الحينِ وتَبِعاه

ثُمَّ مَضى في طَريقِه فرأَى أَخَوَيْنِ آخَرَيْن، هُما يَعْقُوبُ بنُ زَبَدَى ويُوحَنَّا أَخوهُ، معَ أَبيهِما زَبَدى في السَّفينَةِ يُصلِحانِ شِباكَهما، فدَعاهما

فتَرَكا السَّفينَةَ وأَباهُما مِن ذٰلك الحينِ وتَبِعاه

وكانَ يَسيرُ في الجَليلِ كُلِّه، يُعَلِّمُ في مَجامِعِهم ويُعلِنُ بِشارَةَ المَلَكوت، ويَشْفي الشَّعبَ مِن كُلِّ مَرَضٍ وعِلَّة

فشاعَ ذِكْرُه في سورِيةَ كُلِّها، فأَتَوه بِجَميعِ المَرْضى المُصابينَ بِمُخْتَلِفِ العِلَلِ والأَوجاع: مِنَ المَمْسوسينَ والَّذينَ يُصرَعونَ في رَأسِ الهِلال والمُقعَدينَ فشفاهم

فتَبِعَتْه جُموعٌ كَثيرةٌ مِنَ الجَليلِ والمُدُنِ العَشْرِ وأُورَشَليمَ واليَهودِيَّةِ وعِبْرِ الأُرْدُنّ