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Then was Jesus led··away◦ into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil.
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And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterwards hungered.
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And when the tempter came to Him, he said◦, If Thou be the Son of God, say◦ that◦ these stones be··made◦ bread.
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But◦ He answering said◦, It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every saying that goes··out through the mouth of God.*
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Then the Devil takes Him into the holy city, and stands Him on a pinnacle of the temple;
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and says to Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down; for◦ it is written that He shall command His angels concerning Thee, and in▫ their hands they shall take· Thee ·up, lest Thou ever dash Thy foot against a stone.*
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Jesus declared◦ to him, Again, it is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.*
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Again, the Devil takes Him to◦ an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
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and says to Him, All these··things I will give Thee, if, falling··down, Thou wilt worship me.
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Then says Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for◦ it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve▵.*
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Then the Devil leaves Him, and behold◦, angels came and ministered to Him.
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And◦ Jesus, having heard that John was delivered··up into custody, departed into Galilee;
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and leaving◦ Nazareth, He came and dwelt in◦ Capernaum, which is on the seacoast, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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that◦ it might be fulfilled which was declared by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
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The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
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the people who sat in darkness saw◦ great light; and to them who sat in the country and shadow of death, light has risen◦.*
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From then Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent ye, for◦ the kingdom of the heavens is··near.
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And◦ Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw◦ two brothers, Simon called▵ Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net◦ into the sea; for◦ they were fishers.
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And He says to them, Come▵ after◦ Me, and I will make you fishers of men.
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And◦ straightway they left their nets and followed Him.
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And advancing from thence, He saw◦ two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending* their nets; and He called them.
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And◦ straightway, leaving the ship and their father, they followed Him.
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And Jesus went··around all◦ Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every malady and every disease in the people.
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And the report◦ of Him went▵ into the whole of Syria; and they brought··to Him all who were··ill, having different diseases and torments besetting them, and the demon-possessed, and the lunatics, and those sick··of··the··palsy; and He cured them.
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And many crowds followed Him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from across the Jordan.
