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Matthew - ch 4 v 1 - 20
- Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,
- and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.
- And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'
- But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
- Then doth the Devil take him to the `holy' city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
- and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'
- Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
- Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,
- and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'
- Then saith Jesus to him, `Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'
- Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.
- And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,
- and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,
- that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
- `Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --
- the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'
- From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'
- And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers --
- and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'
- and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.
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