1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
12¶ Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; 13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17¶ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
23¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
耶穌受試探
1後來，耶穌被聖靈帶到曠野，去受魔鬼的試探。 2耶穌禁食了四十晝夜後，很饑餓。 3試探者前來對祂說：「如果你是上帝的兒子，可以叫這些石頭變成食物。」
4耶穌回答說：「聖經上說，『人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠上帝口中的每一句話。』」
5魔鬼又帶祂進聖城，讓祂站在聖殿的最高處， 6說：「如果你是上帝的兒子，就跳下去吧！因為聖經上說，『上帝會差遣祂的天使用手托住你，不讓你的腳碰在石頭上。』」
7耶穌回答說：「聖經上也說，『不可試探主——你的上帝。』」
8魔鬼再帶耶穌到一座極高的山上，把世上萬國及其榮華富貴展示給祂看， 9說：「如果你俯伏敬拜我，我就把這一切都給你。」
10耶穌說：「撒旦，走開！聖經上說，『要敬拜主——你的上帝，單單事奉祂。』」
11於是魔鬼離開了耶穌，這時有天使前來伺候祂。
開始傳道
12耶穌聽見約翰被捕入獄，就回到加利利。 13後來，祂離開拿撒勒去迦百農住。迦百農靠近湖邊，在西布倫和拿弗他利地區。 14這就應驗了以賽亞先知的話：
15「西布倫、拿弗他利、
沿海一帶及約旦河東、外族人居住的加利利啊！
16你們住在黑暗中的人看見了大光，
活在死亡陰影下的人被光照亮了！」
17從那時起，耶穌開始傳道：「悔改吧，因爲天國臨近了！」
呼召門徒
18耶穌沿著加利利湖邊行走的時候，看見被稱為彼得的西門和安得烈兩兄弟正在撒網打魚，他們是漁夫。 19耶穌對他們說：「來跟從我！我要使你們成為得人的漁夫。」 20他們立刻撇下漁網，跟從了耶穌。 21耶穌再往前走，又看見雅各和約翰兩兄弟正和父親西庇太一起在船上補漁網。耶穌呼召他們， 22他們馬上離開漁船，辭別父親，跟從了耶穌。
教導和醫治
23耶穌走遍加利利，在各個會堂裡教導人，宣講天國的福音，醫治人們各樣的疾病。 24祂的名聲傳遍了整個敘利亞。人們把一切患病的，就是患各種疾病的、疼痛的、癲癇的、癱瘓的，以及被鬼附身的都帶到祂面前，祂都醫治了他們。 25因此，有大群的人跟從了祂，他們來自加利利、低加坡里、耶路撒冷、猶太和約旦河東。
