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耶稣受试探

(可1.12-13;路4.1-13)

1当时,耶稣被圣灵引到旷野,受魔鬼的试探。 2他禁食四十昼夜,后来就饿了。 3那试探者进前来对他说:“你若是上帝的儿子,叫这些石头变成食物吧。” 4耶稣却回答说:“经上记着:
  ‘人活着,不是单靠食物,
  乃是靠上帝口里所出的一切话。’”
5魔鬼就带他进了圣城,叫他站在圣殿顶上, 6对他说:“你若是上帝的儿子,就跳下去!因为经上记着:
  ‘主要为你命令他的使者,
  用手托住你,
  免得你的脚碰在石头上。’”
7耶稣对他说:“经上又记着:‘不可试探主—你的上帝。’” 8魔鬼又带他上了一座很高的山,将世上的万国和万国的荣华都指给他看, 9对他说:“你若俯伏拜我,我就把这一切赐给你。” 10耶稣说:“撒但,退去!因为经上记着:
  ‘要拜主—你的上帝,
  惟独事奉他。’”
11于是,魔鬼离开了耶稣,立刻有天使来伺候他。

开始在加利利传道

(可1.14-15;路4.14-15)

12耶稣听见约翰下了监,就退到加利利去; 13后来离开拿撒勒,往迦百农去,住在那里。那地方靠海,在西布伦拿弗他利地区。 14这是要应验以赛亚先知所说的话:
  15西布伦拿弗他利
  沿海的路,约旦河的东边,
  外邦人的加利利
  16那坐在黑暗里的百姓
  看见了大光;
  坐在死荫之地的人
  有光照耀他们。”
17从那时候,耶稣开始宣讲,说:“你们要悔改!因为天国近了。”

呼召四个渔夫

(可1.16-20;路5.1-11)

18耶稣沿着加利利海边行走,看见两兄弟,就是那叫彼得西门和他弟弟安得烈,正往海里撒网;他们本是打鱼的。 19耶稣对他们说:“来跟从我,我要叫你们得人如得鱼一样。” 20他们立刻舍了网,跟从他。 21耶稣从那里往前走,看见另外两兄弟,就是西庇太的儿子雅各和他弟弟约翰,同他们的父亲西庇太在船上补网,耶稣就呼召他们。 22他们立刻舍了船,辞别父亲,跟从了耶稣。

向大众传道

(路6.17-19)

23耶稣走遍加利利,在各会堂里教导人,宣讲天国的福音,医治百姓各样的疾病。 24他的名声传遍了叙利亚。那里的人把一切病人,就是有各样疾病和疼痛的、被鬼附的、癫痫的、瘫痪的,都带了来,耶稣就治好了他们。 25当时,有一大群人从加利利低加坡里耶路撒冷犹太约旦河的东边,来跟从他。

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Satan Tempts Jesus

1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
5Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
  ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’
 and,
  ‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
   Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
7Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’ ”
8Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
10Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
11Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry

12Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
  15“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
   By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
   Galilee of the Gentiles:
   16The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
   And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
   Light has dawned.”
17From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Four Fishermen Called as Disciples

18And 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 fishermen. 19Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Jesus Heals a Great Multitude

23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. 25Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.