The Temptation of Jesus

¹ Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil,

² and after he¹ had fasted forty days and forty nights, then he was hungry.

1. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had fasted”) which is understood as temporal

³ And the tempter approached and¹ said to him, “If you are the Son of God, order that these stones become bread.”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb

⁴ But he answered and¹ said, “It is written, ‘Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.”²

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
2. A quotation from Deut 8:3

⁵ Then the devil took him to the holy city¹ and placed him on the highest point of the temple

1. That is, Jerusalem

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,’¹ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”²

1. A quotation from Ps 91:11
2. A quotation from Ps 91:12

⁷ Jesus said to him, “On the other hand it is written, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”¹

1. A quotation from Deut 6:16

⁸ Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

⁹ and he said to him, “I will give to you all these things, if you will fall down and¹ worship me.”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will fall down”) has been translated as a finite verb

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan, for it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”¹

1. A quotation from Deut 6:13

¹¹ Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and began ministering to him.

Public Ministry in Galilee

¹² Now when he¹ heard that John ⌞had been arrested⌟,² he withdrew into Galilee.

1. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
2. Literally “had been handed over”

¹³ And leaving Nazareth, he went and¹ lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb

¹⁴ in order that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

¹⁵ “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, ⌞toward the sea⌟,¹ on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles²—

1. Literally “the way of the sea”
2. Or “nations”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context

¹⁶ the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and the ones who sit in the land and shadow of death, a light has dawned on them.”¹

1. A quotation from Isa 9:1

¹⁷ From that time on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

¹⁸ Now as he¹ was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

1. *Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was walking”) which is understood as temporal

¹⁹ And he said to them, “⌞Follow me⌟¹ and I will make you fishers of people.”

1. Literally “come behind me”

²⁰ And immediately they left their nets and¹ followed him.

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb

²¹ And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.

²² And immediately they left the boat and their father and¹ followed him.

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb

Teaching, Preaching, and Healing throughout Galilee

²³ And he went around through all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

²⁴ And a report about him went out ⌞throughout⌟¹ Syria, and they brought to him all those ⌞who were sick⌟² with various diseases and afflicted by torments, demon-possessed³ and epileptics and paralytics, and he healed them.

1. Literally “in the whole of”
2. Literally “having badly”
3. Some manuscripts have “and demon-possessed”

²⁵ And large crowds followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the other side of the Jordan.