Introduction

After overcoming temptation, Jesus starts his work.

Verses
1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
3The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”
5Then the devil took him into the holy city. He 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 will command his angels concerning you,’ and,
‘On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
7Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’ ”
8Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
9He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”
10Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
12Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
13Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
15“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
towards the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles,
16the people who sat in darkness saw a great light,
to those who sat in the region and shadow of death,
to them light has dawned.”
17From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
18Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
19He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for 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.
22They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
23Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness amongst the people.
24The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
25Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

Questions

1. What did Jesus use to overcome the temptations?

v 4  But he answered, “It is written, .... 

v 7 Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ...

v 10 Then Jesus said to him, ... For it is written, ...

(he used the Old Testament scriptures)

2.  What did Jesus say Peter and Andrew could become?

v 19  He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

3. What did Jesus do in all Galilee?

v 23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness amongst the people.

Summary Points

  • v 1 to 11 Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He resists by remembering Old Testament Scriptures and chooses to obey them despite attractive alternatives
  • v 12 to 17 Jesus moves to Galilee and starts teaching as predicted by Isaiah. He teaches repentance because the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand
  • v 18 to 22 Jesus calls James and John to be his disciples.
  • v 23 to 25 Jesus preaches and heals. Many people from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and beyond the Jordan follow him

Timeline AD 30

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