4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ¹  to be tempted by the devil. 4:2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. ²  4:3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” ³  4:4 But he answered, ⁴  “It is written, ‘Man ⁵  does not live ⁶  by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” ⁷  4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, ⁸  had him stand ⁹  on the highest point ¹⁰  of the temple, 4:6 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’ ¹¹  and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ¹²  4:7 Jesus said to him, “Once again it is written: ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” ¹³  4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. ¹⁴  4:9 And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship ¹⁵  me.” 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, ¹⁶  Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” ¹⁷  4:11 Then the devil left him, and angels ¹⁸  came and began ministering to his needs.

4:12 Now when Jesus ¹⁹  heard that John had been imprisoned, ²⁰  he went into Galilee. 4:13 While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth ²¹  to make his home in Capernaum ²²  by the sea, ²³  in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 4:14 so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: ²⁴ 

4:15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles –

4:16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light,

and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.” ²⁵ 

4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach this message: ²⁶  “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

4:18 As ²⁷  he was 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 fishermen). ²⁸  4:19 He said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.” ²⁹  4:20 They ³⁰  left their nets immediately and followed him. ³¹  4:21 Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat ³²  with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then ³³  he called them. 4:22 They ³⁴  immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

4:23 Jesus ³⁵  went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, ³⁶  preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people. 4:24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People ³⁷  brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, ³⁸  paralytics, and those possessed by demons, ³⁹  and he healed them. 4:25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, ⁴⁰  Jerusalem, ⁴¹  Judea, and beyond the Jordan River. ⁴² 

1:1 In the beginning ¹  God ²  created ³  the heavens and the earth. ⁴ 

1:2 Now ⁵  the earth ⁶  was without shape and empty, ⁷  and darkness ⁸  was over the surface of the watery deep, ⁹  but the Spirit of God ¹⁰  was moving ¹¹  over the surface ¹²  of the water. ¹³  1:3 God said, ¹⁴  “Let there be ¹⁵  light.” ¹⁶  And there was light! 1:4 God saw ¹⁷  that the light was good, ¹⁸  so God separated ¹⁹  the light from the darkness. 1:5 God called ²⁰  the light “day” and the darkness ²¹  “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day. ²² 

1:6 God said, “Let there be an expanse ²³  in the midst of the waters and let it separate water ²⁴  from water. 1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. ²⁵  It was so. ²⁶  1:8 God called the expanse “sky.” ²⁷  There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

1:9 God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place ²⁸  and let dry ground appear.” ²⁹  It was so. 1:10 God called the dry ground “land” ³⁰  and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.

1:11 God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: ³¹  plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, ³²  and ³³  trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” It was so. 1:12 The land produced vegetation – plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good. 1:13 There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

1:14 God said, “Let there be lights ³⁴  in the expanse ³⁵  of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs ³⁶  to indicate seasons and days and years, 1:15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so. 1:16 God made two great lights ³⁷  – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also. ³⁸  1:17 God placed the lights ³⁹  in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth, 1:18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. ⁴⁰  God saw that it was good. 1:19 There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

1:20 God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms ⁴¹  of living creatures and let birds fly ⁴²  above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 1:21 God created the great sea creatures ⁴³  and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good. 1:22 God blessed them ⁴⁴  and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” ⁴⁵  1:23 There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

1:24 God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” ⁴⁶  It was so. 1:25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

1:26 Then God said, “Let us make ⁴⁷ 

humankind ⁴⁸  in our image, after our likeness, ⁴⁹  so they may rule ⁵⁰  over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, ⁵¹  and over all the creatures that move ⁵²  on the earth.”

1:27 God created humankind ⁵³  in his own image,

in the image of God he created them, ⁵⁴ 

male and female he created them. ⁵⁵ 

1:28 God blessed ⁵⁶  them and said ⁵⁷  to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! ⁵⁸  Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.” ⁵⁹  1:29 Then God said, “I now ⁶⁰  give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. ⁶¹  1:30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give ⁶²  every green plant for food.” It was so.

1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! ⁶³  There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.