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Matthew - ch 4 v 1 - 20
- Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:
- and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.
- And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.
- But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.
- Then the devil takes him to the holy city, and sets him upon the edge of the temple,
- and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee, and on their hands shall they bear thee, lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone.
- Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,
- and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.
- Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
- Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
- But having heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee:
- and having left Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum, which is on the sea-side in the borders of Zabulon and Nepthalim,
- that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,
- Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
- -- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in the country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.
- From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
- And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;
- and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
- And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.
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